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Early R/S gauge set in a post-86 240? Anybody tried it? 200

posted by  someone claiming to be Ken C on  Mon May 3 04:28 CST 2004 [RELATED]

Having a Rallye Sport Cluster, I can say that the size and configuration of the speedometer is your main problem (as you've no doubt anticipated). If you have the newer electronic speedometers, you know that you cannot use an old mechanical (cable driven) speedometer, and it doesn't appear that the new electronic speedometer can be easily inserted into the Rallye Sport Cluster.

On the other hand, you would have to so much rewiring and customizing to use the Rallye Sport cluster (since it's directly compatible only up to a 1980 240), viz. wiring it, that you probably would be better off just buying a set of VDO gauges and fabricating your own new dashboard from scratch, one that uses your 240's newer electronic speedometer.

There is a guy who has modified Rallye Sport clusters for a later-than-'80 240, but it wasn't (I believer) as new as a '86-on type.

Good luck.





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