astra gte digi dash in mk4 escort
17-08-2009, 09:53 PM
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astra gte digi dash in mk4 escort
Hi all i have wired up many digi dashes to novas years back, and i remember looking at a magazine years back showing some one had fitted a digi dash to a mk4 escort. has anyone got any info on how to do it, and even tho the wiring is the easies bit, how about the actual mod to fit dash and wired up a gearbox transducer.
Please someone help me out here cause lets face it even these days the digi dash from a gte astra is still the dogs bollocks even if it was in a vauxhaull lol.
Please someone help me out here cause lets face it even these days the digi dash from a gte astra is still the dogs bollocks even if it was in a vauxhaull lol.
18-08-2009, 06:56 AM
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i fitted an astra digi dash in my old 2002 touring bmw a few years back, i took the cable down to speedy cables in london along with the transducer, a week later it arrived at home.
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18-08-2009, 04:46 PM
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erm, to those desperate to see it, im fairly sure the fella with the mk4 combi van thats now being converted to 4x4 cossie power has a resto thread, containing full pic of this exact 80s tat conversion.
im trying my best not to be negative, but it does look like a prop from thunderbird 1, u could never have an epileptic passenger, and to be blunt it is just the jobcentre equivalent of a stack dash
im trying my best not to be negative, but it does look like a prop from thunderbird 1, u could never have an epileptic passenger, and to be blunt it is just the jobcentre equivalent of a stack dash
19-08-2009, 12:28 AM
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get it done looks ace.maybe if you get the speedo and loom for the fuel computer that might work as the cable has 3 wires that come off where it connects to the box.must be some kind of speed sensor.i remember looking at it a few years ago and wondering if that would run a digi dash.
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ok folks ive decided to give this one a go and see how it works, got myself a second hand dash surround, a set of gte digi dash clocks and am going to experement with bonding the two together, the wiring is no probs done it loads of times, but does anyone know if the standard ford speed sesor which sends a signal to the fuel computer can be used to give a speed signal???? I know there was a REVS magazine years back where a digi dash was installed into a silver escort bonus modded.
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does anyone know if a ford speed transducer can be used to give a accurate reading on a astra gte digi dash fitted into a late mk4 escort, thinking maybe tapping off fuel computer wiring for spedo
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some ib5 boxes found in mk6 escorts have a electronic speedo drive that will fit in the standard box in the place of a cable drive know this because i stripped an x reg escort finnesse today and weighed the box in with the car
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Finally after a lot of filling and sanding the dash is made !
Here it si gte dash blended into a mk4 escort clocks surround, all painted and ready to screw in, just waiting on some tint spray for the front perspex screen.
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HERES THE WIRING SPEC TO GO TO A MK1 ASTRA...DIFFERENT COLOURING ON THE FORD LOOM BUT STILL DETERMINES THE DIGI LOOM
ID GET A SPARE BOX AND TRY THE SPEEDO PEG TO SEE IF IT WILL FIT, OR ANOTHER WAY IS BY GETTING A PULSE CONVERTOR RUNNING OFF UR ABS SHOULD U BE LLUCKY TO HAVE IT ON UR MK4
fitting a Mk2 Astra Digital Dash into a Mk1
When you remove the Digital Dash from the Mk2 ,make sure you get both pugs from the back with plenty of wire,the Tranducer and the plug with plenty of cable(this is located where the Mk1 speedo cable goes) and the plastic surround because the Digi dash slopes the opposite way to the Mk1 analogue clocks and without this,you can see behind.
Remove your clocks and speedo cable then cut your loom and wire in the digi dash as follows:-
Mk1 Loom --------------------------------------------- Digital Dash Plugs
Blue/Black---------------------------------------------Blue/Black
(fuel gauge)
Grey/Green--------------------------------------------White/Yellow
(hazard light flasher)
Blue-----------------------------------------------------Blue
(temperature gauge)
Blue/Green---------------------------------------------Blue/Green
(oil light)
Brown/White------------------------------------------Brown/White
(handbrake warning lamp)
Green---------------------------------------------------Green
(rev counter)
White---------------------------------------------------White
(Main beam warning lamp)
Blue/White---------------------------------------------Blue/White
(battery voltage reader)
Brown--------------------------------------------------Join all Brown wires to the single one on the Mk1 loom
Black---------------------------------------------------Join all Black wires to the single one on the Mk1 loom
Black/White/Green-----------------------------------Not used as this is the feed for the single tell tale indicator light
Indicator Left and Right Tickers
Digi loom
Black/White------------------------------------This gets joined to the top wire on your indicator stalk
(indicator left ticker)
Black/Green------------------------------------This gets joined to the bottom wire on your indicator stalk
(indicator right ticker)
To wire these in,remove your indicator stalk and cut the wire then join the one from the digi loom into it(i.e. on a block connector,there will be two wires in one end and one wire in the other)the wire from the digi dash will need to be extended to reach your indicator stalk.
The wires Black/White and Black/Green are the same on your Mk1 indicator stalk.
These must work as not having these flashing IS an MOT failure!
Transducer
There are 3 wires on the transducer wire these as follows:-
Red/Blue----------------goes to Red/Blue wire on the digi dash loom
Black--------------------goes to the positive terminal on your battery
Brown-------------------goes to the negative terminal on your battery
The black platic part of the tranducer screws into the Mk1 speedo spindle and to my knowledge,fit on all Vauxhall gearboxs whether 1.2 or F20!
Rev Counter
If you are fitting the Digital Dash to a Mk1 that does not have a Rev counter on the original clock,run a wire to a spare terminal on your coil then add this to the green wire on the digital plug.
Fitting in
The two locating lugs on the bottom of the digital dash need trimming down to fit into the mk1 holes,You will also need to cut a section from the Mk2 surround,cut this as close as possible to the fold in the plastic to ensure this fits snugly,then bond that part to your Mk1 surround.This is needed because without it you would see behind the dash….and that’s not good!
Choke Light
As the Mk2 16v had an auto choke,you will need to trim down your existing light holder and fit this into the second slot from the right in the dash so when you pull on your choke,it illuminates on the dash.
When all fitted back together,admire!
ID GET A SPARE BOX AND TRY THE SPEEDO PEG TO SEE IF IT WILL FIT, OR ANOTHER WAY IS BY GETTING A PULSE CONVERTOR RUNNING OFF UR ABS SHOULD U BE LLUCKY TO HAVE IT ON UR MK4
fitting a Mk2 Astra Digital Dash into a Mk1
When you remove the Digital Dash from the Mk2 ,make sure you get both pugs from the back with plenty of wire,the Tranducer and the plug with plenty of cable(this is located where the Mk1 speedo cable goes) and the plastic surround because the Digi dash slopes the opposite way to the Mk1 analogue clocks and without this,you can see behind.
Remove your clocks and speedo cable then cut your loom and wire in the digi dash as follows:-
Mk1 Loom --------------------------------------------- Digital Dash Plugs
Blue/Black---------------------------------------------Blue/Black
(fuel gauge)
Grey/Green--------------------------------------------White/Yellow
(hazard light flasher)
Blue-----------------------------------------------------Blue
(temperature gauge)
Blue/Green---------------------------------------------Blue/Green
(oil light)
Brown/White------------------------------------------Brown/White
(handbrake warning lamp)
Green---------------------------------------------------Green
(rev counter)
White---------------------------------------------------White
(Main beam warning lamp)
Blue/White---------------------------------------------Blue/White
(battery voltage reader)
Brown--------------------------------------------------Join all Brown wires to the single one on the Mk1 loom
Black---------------------------------------------------Join all Black wires to the single one on the Mk1 loom
Black/White/Green-----------------------------------Not used as this is the feed for the single tell tale indicator light
Indicator Left and Right Tickers
Digi loom
Black/White------------------------------------This gets joined to the top wire on your indicator stalk
(indicator left ticker)
Black/Green------------------------------------This gets joined to the bottom wire on your indicator stalk
(indicator right ticker)
To wire these in,remove your indicator stalk and cut the wire then join the one from the digi loom into it(i.e. on a block connector,there will be two wires in one end and one wire in the other)the wire from the digi dash will need to be extended to reach your indicator stalk.
The wires Black/White and Black/Green are the same on your Mk1 indicator stalk.
These must work as not having these flashing IS an MOT failure!
Transducer
There are 3 wires on the transducer wire these as follows:-
Red/Blue----------------goes to Red/Blue wire on the digi dash loom
Black--------------------goes to the positive terminal on your battery
Brown-------------------goes to the negative terminal on your battery
The black platic part of the tranducer screws into the Mk1 speedo spindle and to my knowledge,fit on all Vauxhall gearboxs whether 1.2 or F20!
Rev Counter
If you are fitting the Digital Dash to a Mk1 that does not have a Rev counter on the original clock,run a wire to a spare terminal on your coil then add this to the green wire on the digital plug.
Fitting in
The two locating lugs on the bottom of the digital dash need trimming down to fit into the mk1 holes,You will also need to cut a section from the Mk2 surround,cut this as close as possible to the fold in the plastic to ensure this fits snugly,then bond that part to your Mk1 surround.This is needed because without it you would see behind the dash….and that’s not good!
Choke Light
As the Mk2 16v had an auto choke,you will need to trim down your existing light holder and fit this into the second slot from the right in the dash so when you pull on your choke,it illuminates on the dash.
When all fitted back together,admire!
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