July 16, 20178 yr Hey Guys, Thanks to this forum. I got some help looking at changing my 3rd Gen Leone Digital Dash from MPH to KPH. I'm in New Zealand, so having this option would be nice. The old Orange dash's had a button to switch it. However on the green style ones, there is a jumper with a red wire. Lucky it's not too hard to get at. Connection status: Connected = MPH Disconnected = KPH I removed all of the screws around the cluster face plate. Then popped off the front cover. IMAG0882 by Mitchell Lindsay, on Flickr Next step was to remove all the plastic clear filters to get at the inside of the unit. Once inside, you can see the red jumper wire at the bottom. IMAG0875 by Mitchell Lindsay, on Flickr IMAG0876 by Mitchell Lindsay, on Flickr Plugged in: IMAG0877 by Mitchell Lindsay, on Flickr And not: IMAG0878 by Mitchell Lindsay, on Flickr Hopefully that helps someone out. I wasn't sure if it was possible to do this. But know you know! Cheers
July 16, 20178 yr Yeah very nice work there. Hope you saved the old digidash threads for future reference. My Photosuckit acct with some of the digidash pics could be closing.
July 16, 20178 yr Just want to put a warning out there when messing with things that use a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD), such as those used in this dashboard. They work similarly to a fluorescent tube and have a ballast that produces, often in excess of, 100 volts. It's probably not gonna kill you if you touch the wrong stuff in there, but it'll give you a nasty surprise.
July 16, 20178 yr Author Yeah very nice work there. Hope you saved the old digidash threads for future reference. My Photosuckit acct with some of the digidash pics could be closing. Cheers! Do you happen to have some more info on these? I will be needing to sort the fuel sender unit out.
July 16, 20178 yr Author Just want to put a warning out there when messing with things that use a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD), such as those used in this dashboard. They work similarly to a fluorescent tube and have a ballast that produces, often in excess of, 100 volts. It's probably not gonna kill you if you touch the wrong stuff in there, but it'll give you a nasty surprise. Yes, Good point. Those things are quite old how they supply light and the screens etc
July 17, 20178 yr Cheers! Do you happen to have some more info on these? I will be needing to sort the fuel sender unit out. All can be done is point you to this thread - http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/145258-need-help-swap-analog-to-digital-dash/ There may be more threads so change your search terms to find them. Edit: Scanned GL electrical digidash & fuel sender pages in 87 FSM See attached files87 GL fuel gauge.pdfInspection 2.pdf Edited July 17, 20178 yr by czny
July 19, 20178 yr Author All can be done is point you to this thread - http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/145258-need-help-swap-analog-to-digital-dash/ There may be more threads so change your search terms to find them. Edit: Scanned GL electrical digidash & fuel sender pages in 87 FSM See attached files87 GL fuel gauge.pdfInspection 2.pdf Many thanks, I will have a look into it.
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