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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: weeha66 on November 19, 2008, 09:58:48 AM

Title: Samurai tachometer
Post by: weeha66 on November 19, 2008, 09:58:48 AM
I am very new to the suzuki world. I have 2 1988.5 sammys. One with tach one without. Will they interchage easily? What years will interchange?  Thanks in advance
Title: Re: Samurai tachometer
Post by: urbanwheeler on November 19, 2008, 10:32:51 AM
depends if they both have the same style of dash. My friend bought a tachometer dash for a 1987 samurai, and it was plug and play.
Title: Re: Samurai tachometer
Post by: weeha66 on November 20, 2008, 10:35:32 AM
BTT
Title: Re: Samurai tachometer
Post by: Skyhiranger on November 20, 2008, 06:19:03 PM
I am very new to the suzuki world. I have 2 1988.5 sammys. One with tach one without. Will they interchage easily? What years will interchange?  Thanks in advance

A tach from an 88.5, will only "plug and play" into an 88.5 or 89.
Title: Re: Samurai tachometer
Post by: idaholwb on November 20, 2008, 09:39:02 PM
 88.5 and 89 are the same as 90 and newer only without the speed sensor in it. And Suzuki never made a tach cluster for 90 up.
Title: Re: Samurai tachometer
Post by: urbanwheeler on November 21, 2008, 09:45:52 PM
88.5 and 89 are the same as 90 and newer only without the speed sensor in it. And Suzuki never made a tach cluster for 90 up.

I am pretty sure I have seen a 95 with a tach cluster. If they didn't sell one here, It would probably be pretty easy to get one from somewhere else (ebay has a lot of jdm parts for vehicles sold here).
Title: Re: Samurai tachometer
Post by: Merlin93 on November 22, 2008, 08:36:31 AM
A tach from an 88.5, will only "plug and play" into an 88.5 or 89.

So what does it take to fit a late 80's instrument cluster with a tach into a early nineties Samurai that never had one? I've seen some modified like this, so it must be doable.
Title: Re: Samurai tachometer
Post by: Skyhiranger on November 22, 2008, 04:32:52 PM
88.5 and 89 are the same as 90 and newer only without the speed sensor in it. And Suzuki never made a tach cluster for 90 up.

I am pretty sure I have seen a 95 with a tach cluster. If they didn't sell one here, It would probably be pretty easy to get one from somewhere else (ebay has a lot of jdm parts for vehicles sold here).

A tach from an 88.5, will only "plug and play" into an 88.5 or 89.

So what does it take to fit a late 80's instrument cluster with a tach into a early nineties Samurai that never had one? I've seen some modified like this, so it must be doable.

You can swap an 88.5/89 cluster into a 90-95 samurai.....from what I have seen, the pinouts are different on the plugs, so some wires will have to be swapped around to work (and a VSS needs to be added to the cluster).
Title: Re: Samurai tachometer
Post by: idaholwb on November 23, 2008, 05:31:20 PM
 It's one of those "call Brent at Trailtoug and ask him" situations. guarantee he'll know. If you need the speed sensor put in it then he can do that.
Title: Re: Samurai tachometer
Post by: Skyhiranger on November 24, 2008, 06:19:43 AM
Adding a VSS is easy to do.....you can either swap the whole speedo unit or just swap the actual VSS into the existing speedo.  If it isn't covered here, search on zuwharrie, I know it has been covered there.
Title: Re: Samurai tachometer
Post by: urbanwheeler on November 24, 2008, 05:27:08 PM
Is the vss the same as the ones on the early 90s Honda civic hatchback? The only reason I ask is because someone gave a cluster from one, and has the vss on it.
Title: Re: Samurai tachometer
Post by: idaholwb on November 24, 2008, 08:01:46 PM
 The sensor itself might be the same, but the wiring for it will be different. You can use one from a Trackick from what I understand.