Hey guys, over here in NZ with my DL wagon. Came out of a New Zealand factory as a Subaru Omega DL (which is basically a Loyale DL wagon I believe?)

 

Anyways, its got an odd dash. Any of you ever seen one like this?

 

 

 

 

 

 

220kph is about 135mph, which is pretty damn quick for a DL...needless to say it's never hit that spot....only about 160

 

Weird?

 

I've even wired up a little tach to make sure I'm not over the redline when I'm out wheeling Yay or nay?

 

oh ************ yah! hah that thing is tiny. id definetly use it

Hey,

 

Here's mine, this is Canadian.

damn i wish my gas guage looked like that. mine always looks like oil pressure guage. some where betweeen zilrch and an 1/8 of a tank blehh haha

Hey,

 

Here's mine, this is Canadian.

 

yeh Mine looks like this but missing the oil pressure and batt voltage guages, but making up for it by having a speedo that stops @ 220 kph

Kaz

Hey Kaz,

 

Just FYI, this came from an '88 GL, 5 speed, 2WD.

oh ************ yah! hah that thing is tiny. id definetly use it

 

Yeah I know, deliberatly went out to find a small one so I didn't look like some idiot boyracer only cost me $25 new as well, and its pretty spot on!

It's been ages since I saw a povo pack instrument cluster without the tacho, but the standard Aus delivered dash with the tacho looks like the one from Canada, but with the speedo & tacho on the opposites sides (ie 200km/h), and minus the volts/oil pressure gauges (these were never an option here).

Even for the EFI turbo, 200 was optimistic.:-\

 

RXleone, what year model is your car?

I've got a RHD EFI turbo dash loom & tacho cluster (without the oil/volts) to suit an 87 model which will directly plug into anything pre 88 if you want a real factory look.

Would box up pretty small for postage.

It's been ages since I saw a povo pack instrument cluster without the tacho, but the standard Aus delivered dash with the tacho looks like the one from Canada, but with the speedo & tacho on the opposites sides (ie 200km/h), and minus the volts/oil pressure gauges (these were never an option here).

Even for the EFI turbo, 200 was optimistic.:-\

 

RXleone, what year model is your car?

I've got a RHD EFI turbo dash loom & tacho cluster (without the oil/volts) to suit an 87 model which will directly plug into anything pre 88 if you want a real factory look.

Would box up pretty small for postage.

 

 

Its an '89 Omega DL, ea82, carbed, 5sp d/r wagon. Would def be keen, but would my wagon have the tach cable for your dash? How can I tell?

I have a couple of wiring looms here.

The one I was talking about was to suit an early model, but those looms are completely different.

 

I do have the loom that came out of my 88 GL, but I've had to cannibalise some of it, because the EFI dash loom I got had the headlight wires cut.

 

You can have it, and fixing the headlight wires would be simple using some of your dashboard loom.

 

I think about 1990 is when Subaru started to really cost cut.

I got a full car loom from an 89 DL model (same as yours) & the body loom was the same as my 88 GL. After about 1990 is when the different models started to have different looms to save costs (ie copper wiring, there's a lot less in a DL).

 

Things to look for (sorry don't have pics at the mo)

1. Behind the LHS of the dash (you need to remove trim under dash, and also maybe the kickpanel), look for a large white connector with 8 large pins. The body side should have a yellow wire, whereas the dashboard side won't. That wire is the tacho signal from the coil.

2. Hiding under the carpet near the B pillars, a large green connector with 4 pins not plugged into anything. It's for the central locking.

 

You "could" repin the dashboard loom to suit the tacho cluster (the only 2 connections not made are for the tacho & low fuel light), but it's a PITA, as even though the connectors are the same for both clusters, almost none of the pins are in the right spot...:-\