Gangstarr 0 Posted October 14, 2007 I have recently changed my engine , I have a J reg 16v rado which had 125000 on the clock before I mistakenly leant It to a freind who ended up cooking the engine , rather than mess about changing the head and then having the bottem end go I thought it would be better to change the full monty. So I waited a whie scouring papers and ebay offcourse and eventualy I ended up buying a rado wich had done 85000 .The car was a none runner so it was a bit of gamble I decided to take a risk and go ahead I took the clutch and gearbox off my origional car knowing they were in good working order and fitted them on the donor engine . Anyway to get back to the question I tried to switch clocks but found a few differences on them on on the J reg the milage is digital and indicater lights are in a different place and also the breather pipe conector is metal on the donor car which is a G reg the mileage is on a counter and the breather pipe conector is plastic , so i switched them anyway and the only thing that seamed to work was the rev counter the mph needle didnt move and the milage didnt go up I ended up putting the origional clocks back in, So anyone had a similar problem or have any ideas . I also have loads of bits n bobs aswell as a decent shell as the car came with two complete interiors including dashboard etc also have a set of 5 pirreli P if anyone fancies them . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonny-5 0 Posted October 15, 2007 By the breather pipe, do you mean MFA vacuum pipe? I think the digital clocks use a digital speedo drive not a worm gear and cable, not sure though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gangstarr 0 Posted October 16, 2007 By the breather pipe, do you mean MFA vacuum pipe? I think the digital clocks use a digital speedo drive not a worm gear and cable, not sure though. Yeah i think that sounds rite m8 , but there wasnt any other way to connect them apart from the way i did it electric feed in and mfa vacum pipe only way i could show you is by uploading pics of both clock if you want me to do that let us know plz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidwort 0 Posted October 16, 2007 It is possible to retro fit a digital mileometer dash or vice versa, but I think the electrical connections (pin order) are different, the later dash has left and right indicator arrows too, the early one jsut a single bulb that flashes. Yes, the early cars have a drive from gearbox, later ones an electrical sender on the top of the box. There is a how-to somewhere on the web (USA Corrado club?) in switching dash types. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gangstarr 0 Posted October 16, 2007 Yeah your rite about differnces with indicators ,ile keep digging it will be worth it to see the milage go over 100000 again ...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonny-5 0 Posted October 18, 2007 lol, i remember when mine clocked over to 100,000 - still got a pic somewhere Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
