Digital Cluster!

[25Horseplay]

There was a member (nato71) who was from Korea. Someone over in Korea has done it. I have pics of it somewhere. Here is the post on it http://www.fordfestiva.com/forum/vie...892&highlight=

[Festiva GTX]

Did I miss it? Is there someone who actually installed one of these in their Festiva and got it running properly?

I'm still looking for one of the 110 MPH clusters... :\

So far I know Hong Kong Kia Pride someone have done install with digital cluster... lot of mods to get done with it.

[SimonTuffGuy]

Hmmm... Maybe I should hitup the junkyard tomorrow with the nice weather that's coming.

[25Horseplay]

Hmmm... Maybe I should hitup the junkyard tomorrow with the nice weather that's coming.

Look for 86 -88 or 89 626 cars. If you find 2 I want one too.

[Festiva GTX]

^ Good luck.... they are extreme rare now :shock:

[25Horseplay]

^ Good luck.... they are extreme rare now :shock:

You found one, I'll bet that it wasn't the only one left. I know there hard to find though.

[Festiva GTX]

^ Yeah, it was only lucky day for me and now I will have to study how it get work with festiva!

[SimonTuffGuy]

I need to break in a new toolkit that I picked up earlier this week. I know there won't be any new Festivas in the yard yet since I just went 2 weeks ago... but it would be nice to see if I could find one of them.

We'll see... there's nothing else really planned for tomorrow.

[rolla4me]

^ Yeah, it was only lucky day for me and now I will have to study how it get work with festiva!

nice find zeke.. let me copy the wiring diagram if you get digital gauge running right in the festiva.. :wink: :wink:

[Festiva GTX]

Now, I know all the wiring codes for this digital cluster... it was little scare me out... first time I hook up and there was backlight glowing but no digital appeared yet...then I just wiping off dirty on cluster and then try second time hook up same wire again and there no more glowing backlight and I was said damn? then I careful tracing the circuit board and found other odd ground wire to make digital display to appeared... but no backlight? I keep looking all wires to find where it would lite up the backlight and it dont work anymore... it started me to worry that I might have been accident fried some system on digital cluster... so I decided to go more deeper take apart all parts into pieces... It turned out all backlight bulbs were all burned out! I replace them all it and brought to all perfect function digital cluster Phew... I am glad all it works good.

Now next step is going try put in Festiva dashboard and hook up the real wire system...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNTo4i-Ipbc

^The before backlight not works...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai648o6X_i0

^The after backlight works...

[gottafesty]

That's really awesome festiva gtx. I hope you get everything figured out on how to install and wire into a Festiva. But if you get tired of trying I'll be glad to take it off your hands and give it a shot.

[Damkid]

very nice and yes hopefully you get it working and do a great write-up on it :lol:

[Festiva GTX]

very nice and yes hopefully you get it working and do a great write-up on it :lol:

Yes, I am very sure it will works since the speed sensor is buildin inside the cluster.

More likely you will only need aspire speedometer cable which will reach abit far to left side. The fuel and temp gauge should be same voltage input with our festiva.

The low fuel warning lamp you will need add a special probe sensor attached next to fuel pump in tank to make it works.

The top speed MPH for digital cluster not sure... I could try use with my rotary dremel tool at low speed and see how digital cluster can top out the MPH speed...

my best guess is 199 MPH :shock:

[stefan]

You found a wiring diagram? Where? I can't find anything.. Can you hook me up?

The 626 i got mine out of had the manual in the glove-box.. i grabbed it, i can check.. maybe it says what the spedeo maxes out at.

[rolla4me]

here's a cluster wiring diagram off a 86 626..