How To Swap 96-00 Civic with OEM tachometer 

I have a 96 hatchback. I did the same thing and it works perfect. thank you for the video

Hey bro awesome video!! Thank you for making a great detailed video. I just did mine in 30 min with the help of your video. Keep up the good work.

This video is a lifesaver! Also as others have mentioned the green connector is for the cruise control light and is not needed.

Sweet. just bought a dx and this is one of my first upgrades I wanted to do

For everyone wondering where to get them, look up 96-00 manual civic cluster and all the listings pops up , just got mine today 🤙🏽

Awesome video. Just ordered a cluster off eBay looking forward to finally having a tachometer in my car.

Thanks for the info man. Pretty detailed and answered all but one of my questions

thank you! great tutorial, very helpful. just added an OEM tacho to my EK hatch and kept the mileage accurate

Great video 👍👍 Just installed mine with this video to help and had no problems.

Thank bro I did it on my 98 dx and I swapped it out for an Acura el cluster and it works !!!!

Man you did this 4 years ago and I just seen it now. I just got a dx 97 civic and hate that it only has a speedometer. Now that I know I can change I'm going to order my set and change it. Thanks bro for sharing it and knowing it can happen.

his voice is soo calming

Just did the swap today thank you so much for your help

Just picked up a 96 eK and it doesn’t show the RPM this video really helped me out 🤟🏽

you need to make more videos like this! it was a very good explanation!!!

Awesome video. Did the swap. All is excellent with new tach. Thanks Much

thank you for posting this video!!! I also have a manual dx but mines a sedan video helped me so much manu thank yous sir!!!

Thank you bro for posting this video I’m going to be doing this to mine here shortly hopefully this weeknd

Awesome Vid man! Great DIY

thanks for this my guy stay blessed g

Great video man! Very helpful , hey where did you purchase your new cluster with the tachometer? I am trying to do the same on my civic

Shame we didn't get to see it working.

Does this procedure work with a car that has a digital odometer? My car came from factory without a tach. It is a manual transmission. I am in the process of swapping it out with a unit that I found at a local parts junkyard. I am worried that I will have to do some soldering and splicing for this to work. Also I'm afraid I will lose my mileage readout on the odometer. Am fairly certain the mileage data is stored directly in the unit itself, not the main ecu. Do you have any experience with changing a gauge cluster that has a digital odometer?

nice detailed video, can you show me a tutorial on how to change light the bulbs with other colors for the cluster..thanks

does this work on the eg models? eg cluster with tach swapped into a dx eg?

Just did the swap today. Swapped out that old boring cluster with one that's got a RPM Guage found in a junkyard and luckily beat someone else to it lol.

I have a 95 civic DX will this work ? Mine only seems to "work" (bouncing around the right speed) when I'm maintain a high rpm.. but I can't tell because I don't have a tach.. I have a manual and I want to know if this is going to fix that or do I need a new speed sensor

my LX motor blew I bought a DC n wanna change the cluster plus the cluster on the DC nothing works can I switch cluster of the LX to dx n wake it work

I have a 1999 Honda Civic and I put the tachometer cluster in it and my fuel gauge didn’t work and when the car runs in park is says it going 20 miles an hour

Thanks man , detailed video

Also when you dissemble the old cluster is it the same as the new one?

Fuck yeah bro helped a ton and it works great🙏🏾 keep up the good work 💯

Please me how to do coz I tried to calibrate the neddle but still go to full tank. Thanks

is this the same for a 1993 honda civic dx manual transmission?

I have ek hatchback 96 no rpm. Do you think is gonna fit with new cluster with rpm?

Got green check light engine…. No code just light. Could be bulb? Idek (need help)

do i need to re-wire anything?

I have 97 civic dx sedan without tachometer. So is it okay to change it with a tachometer so i can check the rpm? And can i retain my mileage?

the 1997-2001 Honda CR-V instrument clusters will fit 1996-2000 Civics as it shouldn't matter if its a manual transmission for an automatic the gear positions are different the Cr-V clusters have the orange accents than the civic's blue. the trickiest part is the speedometer trying to get the odometer to match the vehicle's current mileage. the speedometer is the same 120 mph as you can use a Cr-v Lx or EX cluster thats for a 5 speed if u have an automatic cluster i would use electrical tape and blank the gear position indicator on the fuel and temp guages. i tried it and it works perfect.

Did exactly what you did and it worked perfectly, thanks!

I have a 02 civic with the same issue. Would the swap be the same?

And everything worked as it should?

@graystripe87 can you do the same with an SI cluster?

will this work on a 1996 honda civic hatch cxi d16y4 ?

Hey man please tell me where you got your gauge cluster

The extra green connector on the cluster is for the Cruise Control light.

can you link the one you bought i have the same car and want to do this

If I have a mph gauge and put a kph in gauge what will it go by

Yo idk if you’re still active on here but I swapped mine out and the rpm’s won’t go up not sure what might cause this.

Does the rpm gauge work right away with any wiring?

good video man, thanks

Your the man!

Helpful. Thank you!

So just to clarify, you didn't have to do any wiring for the rpm to work as all that comes from the ecm/ecu anyway? So it's just plug and play?

I tried but it works but the fuel gauge not accurate is going full tank but not going down

Will these speedometer/tach clusters work in a 96 Civic sedan dx, with automatic transmission?

good work, thanks, greg

Can i do this with a 94 civic?

great vid

Thank you very much for this

If you do the swap can you still see your current mileage in your car? Or are you stuck with the mileage in the replacement cluster

did the tac. work?

u still got the old cluster? ill buy it from u lmk

I have a 96 with a crazy speedometer. Will it still be bad if I replace it with the old one on a new cluster? Or will it be better to buy a newer one?

This is exactly what I was looking for, I just got a Honda and don’t know much about them. Mine is a manual so when I seen it had no rpm reading, I started searching if it were normal lol. By the way is anyone really good with Honda’s that I could ask questions??

My car has no rpm but a Ricey tach I bought a cluster with a rpm gauge will it still plug in or is there something else needed?

Very helpful... thanks.

You can’t just add a tachometer to the old cluster in replace of the meter on the left ?

+graystripe87 is it simple plug and play or add extra wiring for the tachometer?

why didnt you just use the housing it came with? why swap parts onto the old one?

can you do the same thing but use an auto oem cluster with a tach

Such an odd looking cluster :D Never seen one without RPM :D

Do you have to change the fuel indicator? For example if it's full, do you manually change the fuel indicator to full or does it automatically does that for you?

Hopefully you reply to this, but is this the same for a 1994 civic. Is it still going to be plug and play?

just bought a 98 ex auto, realized there was no needle for the temp, will my 99 ex fit and read correctly even though it is manual? They are both y8's

I have a 99 civic cx and I put a 98 civic cluster everything works except the fuel and the temperature, what could it be ? can anyone help?

Quick Question, just to be safe: Would It be a good idea to disconnect the battery while doing this? Or would that matter?

wanna do this to mine. how should i look up that cluster on ebay?

I have a 96' Hatchback with automatic transmission. Is it the same with automatic transmission?? thank you !

Did it work ???

How do you get the fuel/ temp gauge to light up?

I've been looking for info on how to install this into my car, It's an automatic so I'm not quite sure if it'll work, but if so this would be super awesome. It's just nice to know where the engine is at.

Can you come to mn and do mine?

BUT DID IT WORK DID U HAVE TO MESS WITH ANY WIREING OR FUSES WHAT HAPPEND IS THERE A PART 2 TO THIS WHAT HAPPEND???????

can somebody explain why he switched out the center pieces?

Nice video! Hey, so I guess all the indicators work, right?

Tried putting a 95 ex cluster into my 94 dx and the tachometer doesn't work right. It reads 0 rpm in reverse and drive, 500 or 600 in neutral, and when I accelerate it goes down. Not sure what to do, anyone able to help?? 😮

nace video man mi car is the same of you and i want to do that too, 1 cuestion the if i change to a eom tachometer like you. i dont need to connect a new cable to the tachometer clook.

Why did you have to swap the tach, why wouldn't it read the same? Or did you just do that for your piece of mind?

I can get these clusters out in less than a minute. I timed myself at the junkyard lol

DX hatch?? +graystripe87

can I do this on a 94 and not need to re wire anything please let me know and great vid

Someone please try and answer asap. So I bought the same cluster for my 99 Honda Civic dx and did everything shown in the video, including replacing my speedometer with my old one. everything is working great but now my speedometer is going crazy and jumping all over the place when previously it worked just fine. does anyone know how to fix this?? please let me know as soon as you can, thank you

Did you have to adjust the fuel needle to match your original cluster? Or does it correct on its own

Gonna have to switch cause I’m doing a manual swap

I have this car and I want to change out

Did this and my fuel+temp gauge stopped working.

how much did you pay for the cluster

For them who tried that ... Does the rpm works ??!

You do not take the black plate off before you remove the screws this is what holds the gauges in place when the are unscrewed from the back. You should avoid touching the gauge faces so you don't get fingerprints on it because then the whole world knows you tampered with your cluster