Blazer
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Alright folks, i'v not been here a while, has my car is finally finished and i'v been enjoying it, i'll get some pics of it up on here soon, anyway my car is a 93 corsa 1.4L spi 8v with no rev counter, so i was thinking of getting a Astra GTE dital dash fitted, whats involed in fitting one and how much does it cost? has i'm planning a 2.0L 16v engine transplant and i'll be needing a rev counter, so if anyone knows of the costs and things involed in fitting it like the wiring etc.
cheers hope u can help...
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vauxtillidie
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Registered: 27th Dec 02
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i fitted one in mine mate, the wirings a peice of p**s theres diagrams floatin around somewhere (ill try and find the one i used for ya) the hardest bit is makin it the rite shape to fit in the corsa, i cut all the front off it and made it flat then cut a piece of plastic to stick on the front of it in the shape of the corsa dials, theres a few ppl on here that have done it. oh yeh and the dash shud cost you 40quid ish with both plugs and transducer.
[Edited on 05-05-2003 by vauxtillidie]
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Blazer
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looks wicked mate where did u get the dash from? and also my cars done quite a few miles what can i do about getting the miles back on the clock?
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vauxtillidie
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i got the dash from someone on www.migweb.co.uk
theres often someone sellin one on there. as for the mileage i aint got a clue, mine ses 106,000 cus i dunno how to change it, my cars nearly covered that many miles neway lol
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Blazer
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lol ok cheers mate i'll go check the site out.
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K100RSA
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hey blazer. I have a spare digidash and sender, only thing missing is the plug for the sender unit.
yours for £25 plus postage, or if your near enough maybe meet.
Tony
oh /I have a set of blue films for this as well.
£5
[Edited on 06-05-2003 by K100RSA]
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cobra148
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If the Corsa has an electronic speedo to start with then the transducer isn't necessary.
Tony, does your fuel guage read acurately?
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adelcorsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 03
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i want a digi dash i have been messaging cobra but no reply
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vauxtillidie
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are you havin trouble with ur fuel readin then cobra, i remember u askin me if mine was ok, t first i thought it was wrong cus it never went down for days, i think it shows more on the digi than it wud if u had ur dials in, if u know wot i mean
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cobra148
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Adel, check your email.
Vaux, mine aren't in at the moment, but I've had conflicting reports about the fuel guage being out. Also does your voltage meter for he battery work ok. I've been told it won't work but it should.
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vauxtillidie
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yep battery meter works fine on mine and its accurate cus ive had a volt meter accross the terminals on the battery to check it. the only thing i know of that wont work is the oil one, unless u get a new sender from the GTE or similar car
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K100RSA
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yeah you will need the oil pressure sender to get the pressure gauge to work, it will work but just sghows maximun or none, the fuel gauge reads roughly 1/4 tank more than you actually have, this is esy to sort by changing the resistor on the PCB for a different value, I have the correct value written down at work and will post it up here for you 2moro.
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Blazer
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K100RSA where abouts u from in devon??? i'm a bit ify about sending money to somones whos not a mail company
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K100RSA
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no probs understand fully.
I am in barnstaple north devon, about 3/4 of an hour above exeter
dont have to send your money, I can take credit cards LOL
Tony
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Blazer
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i'm from Paignton,do u own a shop or somthing lol?
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J100RSA
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Mine works fine fuel gauge is spot on just my rev counter is out but thats cos i got a 1.0 and my volt gauge is fine too
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adelcorsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 03
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cool i want 1 but does any 1 have 1 with all the senders with it
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K100RSA
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surprised that the fuel guage is ok, perhaps yours has a different tank, but every corsa I know with a digidash, the guage reads about 1/4 tank high, I know this as I made a note of the reading before and also made a note of how much fuel I put in when the tank was nearly empty, I also ran out of fuel when the dash said I had just under 1/4 tank left, it was a very long day and forgot about the dash reading out by a bit. never mind.
Blazer I have the dash but as said before only yhing missing is the plug to go onto the sender unit, let me know what you want to do, and the card thing, well I am registered with {Paypal so can take payments by visa etc.
Tony
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vauxtillidie
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my fuel guage works fine too, altho i have ran out of petrol but thats cus i wasnt payin attention lol, mines a 1.2 8v so i wud have thought if there were different petrol tanks then i wud have the lowest spec one in mine
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Blazer
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right so theres fuel guage problems with the astra gte dash then? is it easy to fit a another dash from a corsa with a rev counter on, to change the 1.4L 8v spi dash with no rev counter?
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K100RSA
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no there isnt a problem with it, just need to remember that it lies a bit, or change the resistor for a slighly higher one, think its about 68K, this will sort it perfect, was looking for the details here at work but think they are in my garage, will have a look and confirm the value, the resistor costs about 10p maximum, and its easy to replace while the dash is apart, which you would have to do to fit it properly anyway.
look at this pic and tell me you would rather have a normal dash, do it you know you want to.
[Edited on 08-05-2003 by K100RSA]
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vauxtillidie
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i agree go for it, but if u want a dash with a rev counter that shud be a straight swap
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adelcorsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 03
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yer i want 1 i saw on mig web that they do different coloured back grounds
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K100RSA
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mine has a set of blue films to go in if I can be bothered, this will then match the MFD unit.
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Blazer
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i do agree K100RSA that looks class much better then the o/e dash,buthe fuel guge problem i'm worried about, and i'v never taken my dash bored apart yet, so i dont know what a 'resistor' is
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