FundamentalyConfused Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 I'm planning on buying a 95 Legacy sedan soon and it has a Canadian speedometer in it. Is it possible to change it from Canadian to US? If it's possible would the computer have to be changed too? Thanks for your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Donated broknindarkagain Posted February 19, 2012 I Donated Share Posted February 19, 2012 Easy as cake to do this. Just go to a junk yard and buy a gauge cluster and hook it up and you're done -broknindarkagain My Current Project - Click Here COME AND TAKE IT "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FundamentalyConfused Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 Easy as cake to do this. Just go to a junk yard and buy a gauge cluster and hook it up and you're done That's the easy part lol, I bet getting the dash apart will be anything but easy. This is going to be my first Subaru and I'm chomping at the bit to drive it but I imagine the km/hr will be enough of an annoyance to warrant me doing it. How involved is it to turn the dials to set the correct mileage? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Donated broknindarkagain Posted February 19, 2012 I Donated Share Posted February 19, 2012 Nope. Its super easy to do. There are 4 screws (two top and two bottom) that hold the piece of trim on in front of the gauges. Take those 4 screws out and then pull the trim piece off. Then there are 4 screws holding on the gauge cluster assembly that you take out, then the whole thing pulls right out. There are 3 wiring connectors on the back that you have to unplug, and you can't get the cluster out very far before you do...You can just get it out far enough to get your hand back there to unplug them....then it will come all the way out. It can be done in 5 minutes. -broknindarkagain My Current Project - Click Here COME AND TAKE IT "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FundamentalyConfused Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 That sounds easy enough. Much easier than when I put a new radio in my oldsmobile, had to take half the dash apart just to get the old radio out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtRoads Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 So this is a related question. If you have a legacy that does not have a tachometer, what does it take to swap in a junkyard cluster with a tach and get it to function? Are there wiring accommodations already in place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnegg Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 it should be plug and play. no woires to worry about. the tach is fed off of the ECU which is already connected to the cluster. so just bolt in the tach and go. the speedo has a separate wire connector but not the tach. the hard part is working the cluster out of the opening, you have to get the steering wheel just so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtRoads Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 That's awesome! How about getting the odometer to read correctly? Or is it possible to dismantle the cluster and insert the tach, leaving the original odometer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnegg Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 on the top of the odo, there is a rod with rotating pins. these pins only rotate one direction and they lock the numbers in place. using a pick tool pry up one end of the rod, left end. this will free up the numbers on that end. (i leave the other end of the rod in place and only lift it high enough to rotate the numbers on that end.) rotate the numbers to what you want. then snap the rod back in place. get the mileage within 1,000 miles and call it a day. be sure the numbers, digits, are all positioned correctly. i think they can be off a bit and still locked in. and if it happens to be the 100k digit, you may have to wait a really long time for it to rotate and snap into the next correct position. to the original poster, don't forget to convert km to miles and use that number on the ''new'' odo. ans of course the new number is going to be lower than the old one. this will likely pop a TMU (true miles unknown) title the next time it is registered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnegg Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 That's awesome! How about getting the odometer to read correctly? Or is it possible to dismantle the cluster and insert the tach, leaving the original odometer. just bolt the tach into the old cluster. be careful with the plastic ''tabs'' on the clear lexan cover. they snap off pretty easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FundamentalyConfused Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 Thanks John very informative!! I have to change a knock sensor and track down a missfire on cylinder 3 first but the cluster will be the next thing on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kone Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 I do believe this is my first post and i will use it to say thanks. I gonna go put in my new cluster i just got in from e'bay. My friend said it'll take 15mins i read above 5mins. If im lucky ill be done in a hour. Ha Ha thanks again for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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