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Old Nov 11, 2004 | 01:07 PM
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well my button for my climate controls broke and a friend is selling me a new cluster thing but his is digital and my old one manual, will it still work? i have a 98 lx and the one hes got is from a 00
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Old Nov 11, 2004 | 01:27 PM
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don't you need the temp sensor, wiring harness adaptor, probaly A-D converter, and every thing else? I'm not familiar with this, just taking a wild guess.
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Old Nov 11, 2004 | 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by PissedPanther
well my button for my climate controls broke and a friend is selling me a new cluster thing but his is digital and my old one manual, will it still work? i have a 98 lx and the one hes got is from a 00
Yes, but you'll need a bunch of other stuff. I contemplated doing this with my car before ruling it out due to cost and time. You'll also need the sunlight sensor and temp sensor. I don't have my service manual so I can't tell you exactly what else. Basically, it's a pain in the ass and not really worth it IMO.
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Old Nov 12, 2004 | 12:00 AM
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most likely not worth it. even in older hondas, like the 2nd gen legend and 5th gen accord (jdm accord had auto climate), the amount of parts that you'd need to get is substantial. i'm guessing the 6th gen climate control system is more complicated, so it'll be even harder. wiring it up isn't gonna be fun - if you have a EE degree or a lot of experience with electronics (i don't just mean computers and stereos) you might be fine. otherwise you'd better find someone that's willing to put in a ton of hours helping you.

unfortunately, it's not going to be a matter of just switching the cluster.
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Old Nov 12, 2004 | 03:06 AM
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Not worth it IMO
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Old Nov 12, 2004 | 04:19 AM
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:werd: Its gonna cost too much time and money, its not that hard to spin the dials.
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Old Nov 12, 2004 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by mayonaise
most likely not worth it. even in older hondas, like the 2nd gen legend and 5th gen accord (jdm accord had auto climate), the amount of parts that you'd need to get is substantial. i'm guessing the 6th gen climate control system is more complicated, so it'll be even harder. wiring it up isn't gonna be fun - if you have a EE degree or a lot of experience with electronics (i don't just mean computers and stereos) you might be fine. otherwise you'd better find someone that's willing to put in a ton of hours helping you.

unfortunately, it's not going to be a matter of just switching the cluster.
There's very little wiring involved, aside from the in car temp sensor, out of car temp sensor, and the sunlight sensor. Mostly it's plug and play, but I don't think it's worth it either. If I got all the parts for free I'd do it, but that's the only way I would. And I love auto climate control.

Also, the digital climate control won't fit in the space that your manual controls do, so you'd need a new plastic bezel piece.
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Old Nov 12, 2004 | 08:18 AM
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not worth it and a waste of time and money just to be lazy.
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