I finally did it. This took me about 3 hours from start to finish from the start.

I explained most of this on the pictures itself, but I will also be explaning the process BELOW

the picture.



This DIY is done on 1995 Honda Civic DX manual gauge cluster.
I am not responsible for your mistakes and false moves doing this DIY, if your gauge stops

workings from this DIY from your mistakes, I will not be accountable for it. do it at your own

risk, but there is no reason this should mess up your cluster if you did what I did on this DIY.

I did not do the whole gauge cluster, because this work is the "basic" idea of converting your

gauge cluster's illumination to LED, instead of just simply replacing the lights to LED.

I will also not explain what LED and resistor you will need to use in this DIY, because I

already have a whole thread covering that subject here.

Now, before anything, it is entirely up to you to decide how to make your own circute bord.

Circute bord[aka PC bord, find be found at your local electronic store such as Radio Shack,

Fry's..] I only used PC bord to have a very secure connection that will last, you can also just

wire the LED's up with resistor's from your choice of power source.

ok, now, let's get started. pics are huge, I don't care, don't like it, don't bitch about it.


Step 1.

Reguired materials. Gauge Cluster you will be working on, LED's and resistors, solid and

standard wires;22 or thinner gauge wires recommended, wire stripper, sets of pliers, soldering

iron OR cold heat[btw, cold heat is POS], lead solder[aka soldering braid] & desoldering braid

or gun, screw drivers[you'll need size #1 or #2 + screw driver], xacto knife, eletrical tape,

and PC bord.


Step 2.

Wires close up. when you are getting ready for this DIY project, warm up your soldering iron.

make sure you have a clean soldering point-tip, if not, heat up your solder and file/grind down

your tip to have clean/clear contact surface.


Step 3.

Take your gauge cluster apart. as said in the picture, figure it out on your own.


Step 4.

this does not apply to all gauge clusters, but for this app[95 civic DX 5-spd gauge cluster],

just simply pull out the reset knob, it's rubber.


Step 5.

hooray..it's off...


Step 6.

This is back of the gauge cluster, I explained everything on the picture.
take the screws off.

 

where is the rest of the write up?

 

more more

 

then................................

 

and den?...

 

Do you have any pic with the LED's installed? I actually just ordered some LED's like 2 hours ago. I'll be doing something similar to this.

 

wheres the rest, still no write up???

 

i get the feeling that almost more than 2 years later he's not going to finish this.

 

well.... you never know

 

i suppose its a possibility but i really doubt it, the silva match is coming up if you want to watch some guys try to kill each other lol.