2001 xj8 Instrument cluster replace questions
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Thank you all for the answers!
Jim, my question was if the odo is showing the ebay cluster mileage or the car's. I understand that it is the cluster's one.
Now, to tell you my story:
-I bought my 62 k miles Jag back in 2010 from UK(miles cluster)
-in 2013 I changed all the driving post from right to left, and now my car is a LHD, working perfect since that.
-I want to change also the cluster that now is in miles, with one in km. I found one on ebay, being the part number matching my chassis number (no VCAT on my car).
My questions, if somebody had previous experience are:
-if I will just swap the clusters, the ebay one, will show it's old mileage?
-it will work, it's just plug and play?
-if I will swap the motherboards, as ericjansen just did, I will have a km face, but counting in miles as my(existing car's) motherboard is programmed?
Any other ideea?
It is not a problem to reset the mileage,the law is more permissive here, as I have the proof that my mileage is lower than the one on the ebay cluster (mine is now 85kmiles=136 km, the ebay one is 196 km, so I must to change it). On my Land Rover, if the cluster and BCU are not syncronsed, the screen will flash, same here?
Jim, my question was if the odo is showing the ebay cluster mileage or the car's. I understand that it is the cluster's one.
Now, to tell you my story:
-I bought my 62 k miles Jag back in 2010 from UK(miles cluster)
-in 2013 I changed all the driving post from right to left, and now my car is a LHD, working perfect since that.
-I want to change also the cluster that now is in miles, with one in km. I found one on ebay, being the part number matching my chassis number (no VCAT on my car).
My questions, if somebody had previous experience are:
-if I will just swap the clusters, the ebay one, will show it's old mileage?
-it will work, it's just plug and play?
-if I will swap the motherboards, as ericjansen just did, I will have a km face, but counting in miles as my(existing car's) motherboard is programmed?
Any other ideea?
It is not a problem to reset the mileage,the law is more permissive here, as I have the proof that my mileage is lower than the one on the ebay cluster (mine is now 85kmiles=136 km, the ebay one is 196 km, so I must to change it). On my Land Rover, if the cluster and BCU are not syncronsed, the screen will flash, same here?
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Will P
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08-27-2015 06:52 PM
cluster, ebay, er, instrument, instruments, jag, jaguar, miles, p1638, removal, replacement, type, xj, xjr, xk8
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