Obscure post of the month

 

If you have bought a 3 Gauge TE27 centre cluster to retrofit into your KE2x and need the plug, it is identical to that found in the dash wiring of a 1975 MS85 Crown.

 

I realise MS85's don't exactly grow on trees, but neither do TE27's

I realise MS85's don't exactly grow on trees, but neither do TE27's

 

I figured I'd just be able to buy a new generic plug when the time came to fit it all up.......??

Fraid not. If you look at the speedo/tacho cluster round wiring plug, it is a smaller 6 pin version of that.

 

I'm sure you will work something out. You can cannabalise the terminals from a KE2x dash cluster, or find a modern terminal equivalent. But the plug isn't something you can get off the shelf.

 

 

interesting..........oh well I know a guy.......

Thanks for the info

Hey parrot,

 

Any new alternatives to this scenario for the centre gauges? Any other cars with similar plug? Something from jaycar?

 

Just picked up a te27 cluster, tacho section working, was also wondering why the hazard toggle also has two click options when you twist it...?

 

Mitch

No. A plug will be factory or nothing. Someone here was wrecking an MS85 recently.

http://www.toymods.org.au/forums/threads/85475-Wrecking-1980-MS85-Crown-Super-Saloon

 

Failing that, look out for similar era imported higher end Toyota's such as the fancy Corona of the time. It will need to be an imported car I reckon, not AMI built

i have a MS85 sitting form my RS50-->MS50 build... PM me if you want anything :)

ah well this is where making bits off different cars fit where they were never intended sometimes pays off.

 

find a mitsubishi l300 van. pull the cluster. There's your plugs. easy to find

Eeew. It's a mitsi. But at least it works!

I had the same problem but wired up every thing with these wires bullets. It worked fine till eventually i found a plug but still worked with them. If them do not fit exactly just press them a little get them more "roundly"

 

 

Hey Parrot,

Any chance of a clearer photo of this 3 gauge cluster plug so I can see which wires go where?

As you can see from one of the photo's above, the pins are numbered consecutively 1 - 6. 

 

Wire colours are as follows.

 

1. Yellow / Black

2. Yellow / Green

3. White / Black

4. empty

5. Red / Black

6. Yellow

 

I haven't made any effort to workout where they go

If you can bear with me, the wonders of google translate have enabled me to read a Japanese manual I have.  I just need to cross reference and see if i can save the images to post up.

Unfortunately the centre cluster gauges don’t appear in the wiring diagram. These photos may or may not assist.

Batsuteri is battery.

I have no idea what N, B, F and E represent unless they are printed on the circuit board.

 

And for completeness, as people interested in this are likely to want to know the pins for the tacho dash