Speedo Reading R33 S1 R33 S2

[KJS]

Hi Guys, I need some help here before I tell my story.

I had a dash cluster which was faulty with the odometer and trip meter.

When it was at 89999kms and 350kms, it stopped running. This cluster is for an R33 Automatic S1 car.

Fair enough, I went to buy a used dash cluster, from a wrecker. That guy told me that IT IS TESTED AND IT IS WORKING BUT THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY IT. This dash cluster is for an R33 Automatic S2 car.

so I swapped the dash cluster, took out the Airbag light bulb and everything is working well but........now I have a problem:

The speedo is reading way out. It is reading approximately more than 2x speed of what I am actually driving. I know this from the GPS reading. Therefore let's say I am driving 95km/h, it shows that the needle is out of 180km/h...to about maybe 220km/h and the car starts to vibrate (like stopping me to go more) but the everything is working

when I called up the wrecker....

he asked me to go find an electrician and doesn't want to exchange the speedo for me.

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R33 S1 = only 6, PESL are joined...[the solder point doesn't look genuine]

R33 S2 = 4, 5, PESL are joined... [the solder points seem genuine, not done by anyone]

both of them with 180km/h face.

now I want to use the S2 speedo.......what should I do?

if anyone of you know an auto electrician in Brisbane please let me know the address and number (pm will do)

i called up one...he said he doesn't do imported car "too troublesome" wtf

I did search, so far no one has solved this.

[traum]

I have the same problem but mine is the opposite. My odometer stopped working so i bought a new cluster from a wrecker, swapped the odometer parts and tried it out. It works fine but it shows half the speed im actually doing. ie when im going 60 it shows 30. I have a S2 manual and the replacement cluster i got was from an automatic, but i dont know if it was a seried 1 or 2 but either way its not working. Any help would be much appreciated.

[GTR-N1]

All of the above beggars the most IDIOTIC and NAIVE question...

What would happen if you David and you Joon swap clusters?

Sorry guys; had to ask!

[blind_elk]

Pretty certain that you can return them to the seller (wrecker). Under the Trade Practices Act, the item must be "fit for purpose" - clearly it is not if it can't tell you within a reasonable level of accuracy how fast you are going, which is its designed purpose.

Warranty only covers "faulty" ie doesn't work at all.

[traum]

Yeah it would make sense for us to swap but firstly we are in different states, and obviously the km's would be different. I took mine back to the wrecker and he said he would swap it anyway, im sure you should do the same Joon. I did think of that Terry, it just goes back to that old saying of easier said then done.

[KJS]

Hi traum,

the speedo which I got is for an automatic car tho, I am just afraid it might not be suitable for manual but I am not sure in this matter.

to clarify whether you are holding a S1 or S2 dash cluster, difference is S2 will have a vacuum meter inside the rpm meter.

your speedo is reading half of what it should?

I got this info from one of the forum poster here, credit "gumflapper"

"On the back of the speedometer circuit board, there are a number of solder points in a row labelled "Adj". There are 10 solder points labelled 0 to 9. The solder points, when not "jumped" are seperated by a small gap.

To calibrate the circuit to read a maximum speed of 300 km/h, the points labelled 3, 4, 5, 7 & 8 need to be "jumped" by applying solder to bridge the gap for these solder points."

here is a few things might be able to help you

1) get the cluster, unscrew the 4 screws behind the dash cluster which are surrounding the white round thing next to a "black mid-finger"

2) go back to the front, gently remove the speedo by pulling out...gently.

3) check behind

there is a list of number under ADJ

1~9 PESL, check which one is soldered and could you post here again and let me know

whether your dash cluster is for S1 or S2, auto or manual, and which point is soldered.

my S1 speedo for an automatic works, only point 6 and PESL are soldered.

if you can probe the speedo, the frequency might be

the wrecker [ALL AUTOMTIVE IN SEVENTEEN MILES ROCKS] doesn't want to exchange his faulty product, he accused us because we had touched it and tried to altered it. he said he can sell one for 50 just the speedo and he will take this dash cluster back.