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    mx3 gs guage cluster in a 96 escort lx

    ok idk if this is the right place to post this, but idk so i did

    please someone help me or give me some insight!!!!!!


    ok the car is a kl swapped escort

    my guage cluster is all ripped apart except for the fuel guage so im looking to just put something stock back in (even if its still only the fuel guage that works it wont look so tacky and half assed)

    well i have a mx3 GS guage cluster and put it in, all the plugs plugged in and i thought YES this will work

    turn the key to the on position and temp guage shoots straight up and gas shoots straight down (there isnt much gas at all in the car so idk, maybe the guage is right)

    and it smoked like a fuse burnt out behind the cluster and smelt somehting burning so turn the car off and took the cluster out

    and it looks like its the "path" (or w/e you call it) for all the grounds on the back of the cluster

    but my question is has anyone done this before? anything that needs to be done?
    1996 V6 Escort

    1993 escort wagon DE/ZE hyrbid, ported heads, 5 lbs

    #2
    you are going to have to put all the wires in its right place. you gotta get diagrams of the escort cluster and mx-3 cluster. good luck with that. or you can just put in all the wiring from an mx-3
    91 protege gt. dropzone mx3 springs, mx3 crossmember, ractive front and rear strut braces, rear lower mx3 brace, 4 wheel disc brakes, corksport ss brake and clutch lines,kvr front pads, ractive cai,ram air hood scoop, modified front bumper, shaved ant and rear trunk lock, fubu ant, short shifter, corksport bronzeoil shifter bushings,92 glass sunroof and tail lights, mx3 center console, autometer gauges (volt and oil pressure) cluster needles painted to match, sound system, 17 inch eagle alloy 193 with 205 40 17 rubber. klze is ALIVE BABY!! . http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2394656http://www.toprotege.com/forums/show...hlight=project[url]

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      #3
      yea thats what i was thinking about for the wireing

      its already super hacked under the dash it looks like
      1996 V6 Escort

      1993 escort wagon DE/ZE hyrbid, ported heads, 5 lbs

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        #4
        let me know what you do to get this working, im goin to use either an mx3 or pro one in mine....
        92 protege lx-

        94 protege lx-

        95 escort gt-ms2e/ms2extra pre3.3alpha5 gslender v2.8-e85-vj23@12lbs----dead--

        are you a thinker, or a believer?

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          #5
          im prolly just going to get a entire mx3 dash harness since theres one in the junkyard by me and it wont be hack like the one in the car


          and itll prolly be the easiest way, and ill swap in the mx3 center consol also
          1996 V6 Escort

          1993 escort wagon DE/ZE hyrbid, ported heads, 5 lbs

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            #6
            yea, im reading something about needing to change the float level thing in the tank. and something about a mazda coolant gauge sender.... but 110 ohms is empty, and 3 ohms is full, i gotta see what the escort ones gotta be, those should be the same for the x3 tho, its out of the pro fsm..... might be able to just change a resistor on the gauge for the sweep to make it work with the escort one, but its probably more than that... i gotta get into it a little more. but now i know what im getting this weekend...lol....
            Last edited by yunvmyegt; 10-05-2009, 11:22 PM.
            92 protege lx-

            94 protege lx-

            95 escort gt-ms2e/ms2extra pre3.3alpha5 gslender v2.8-e85-vj23@12lbs----dead--

            are you a thinker, or a believer?

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