Hi all,

I'm totally new to tis forum, but lets get down to business....

I own an old mazda 323 from 1989 (bf-model). It's got an 1324cc engine sedan. The cockpit of the car show three guages:

- Speed indicator
- Fuellevel indicator
- Temperature indicator

This model 323 originally come with RPM indicator, but my 323 hasn't got one.

Can I just replace my original cockpit without RPM indicator, with one that does have the RPM indicator? Of course it has to fit, but is there a cable that will allow the RPM indicator to work?

Thanks in advance....

 

you can just go to your local canadian tire and buy a tach meter (rmp indicator) you can get a sunpro one for about 40 bucks... its not to dificult to install you have to do a bit of costom work... but you would end up intalling it virtualy anywhere you wanted in the car....

 

The tachometer is ran electronically, no cables. All you have to do is find the same body style car with a tach and swap them out. The wiring is the same on either one.

 

Thanks for the replies...

Tachometer.... That's the word I was looking for. Sorry I'm from holland...

I just bought a cockpit from an identical car. The only difference is that the 'new' cockpit has a tachometer. But I understand from your replies that even though my car originally didn't have a tachometer, the electronic cable is installed. Right?

Meaning: To get the tachometer to work I don't have to connect a new cable from the coil..

Am I right?

 

Get a haynes manuel it will have a wireing diagram in it.... you'll be able to see where you can hook it up... If not ask someone on the forum they might have a diagram for you....

 

I have done this same exact procedure you want to do. I had an 87 323 and purchased the instrument cluster with a tachometer. My car did not come with one from the factory. I exchanged them with no additional wiring. Just remove the original and re-install the new one in its place. The car is already equipped with wiring for either option.