instrument wires?

Garth84x · Post by **Garth84x** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:53 pm

i have just got hols of a complete instrument cluster from a sd1, and am planning to put the whole lot into my granada.

the gearbox i have has got electronic speedo sender but the engine is non efi, so can it be done?

can anyone tell me which pin on the cluster does what or goes where?

cheers

garry

Post by **katanaman** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:56 pm

cant tell you how but I can say yes it will hook up assuming you have the right instrument cluster and not a cable driven speedo version.

Garth84x · Post by **Garth84x** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:35 pm

yeah, the speedo is electronic, the only thing im not sure on is the rev counter, will i be able to link this up as well as the indicators fuel gauge etc.

garry

Post by **katanaman** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:51 pm

rev counter yes no problem again assuming its a V8 one. the others again yes but you will need the right value senders. Obviously the temp sender wont be a problem but the fuel sender could be.

ramon alban · Post by **ramon alban** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:51 pm

Hello Garry,

This diagram shows all the instrument consol connections on late SD1's.

ChrisJC · Post by **ChrisJC** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:21 pm

I've fitted a set of SD1 instruments into my carb Land Rover. They work fine. I used a Range Rover electronic speedo sensor which happened to be correctly calibrated for the SD1 instruments. If you can also somehow do the fuel flow metering (which was an in-line module on non-EFi SD1s), then you get the whole trip computer working too!

Some old pics (I've tidied up the dash since these were taken)

Chris.

stevieturbo · Post by **stevieturbo** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:40 pm

I sort of did this a few years ago....

IMO what a total waste of time.

Stick with the Granada clocks, it will make your life so much easier.

I didnt use fuel or temp gauges ( cant recall what I did there actually ), but pretty sure the fuel wont work properly with the Ford sender.

Rev counter and speedo, lights etc were pretty easy. I just bodged together the SD1 electronic speedo sender, to a Ford cable, and it worked. Of course the speed was wrong, but anyway....
Then fitting the cluster into the Ford dash....was also very messy.

It seemed quite novel at the time....but having been there, done that....what a waste of time.