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 Post subject: Converting your EA-ED Cluster to EF/EL
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 5:06 pm 
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If you've ever tried to fit an EF/EL Cluster into your old EA, EB, ED dash but worried about wiring. No need to worry as I've made up a chart that tells you which wires connect to each other and wire colours when converting your EA, EB, ED Low and Mid Series Cluster to a EF, EL Low and Mid Series Cluster. To get the dash cluster to work properly you will be required to run a EL ECU otherwise not all the features on the dash will work properly(Temperature Gauge, Tacho). I also believe that you need an EF/EL Oil Pressure sender not an EA-ED Oil Pressure Sender

This chart does not include the wiring for Smartlock Light, Power/Economy Mode, ABS, Cruise Control, Air Bag and Trip Computer.
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EA-ED (Low-Mid Series) to EF-EL Cluster (Low-Mid Series).xls


Hope this helps all you people with EA, EB and ED's that want to put an EF/EL cluster into your car.

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 Post subject: Re: Converting your EA-ED Cluster to EF/EL
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:11 pm 
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hey bud i done a ef dash conversion into me ea and yea the temp gauge wont work without the ef el ecu as the ef el temp input works off of a pulse where as apparentley the ea runs straight off the sensor or sumthing but my tacho gauge worked fine so far i dunno what i did differently lol

 

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 Post subject: Re: Converting your EA-ED Cluster to EF/EL
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:14 pm 
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i dunno what is wrong with my tacho. when i first done it i connected it to the old tacho wire for the old cluster, then i connected it to the ecu and i dont think it changed much

 

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 Post subject: Re: Converting your EA-ED Cluster to EF/EL
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:40 pm 
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does it completely not work or does it work but jump around a bit

 

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 Post subject: Re: Converting your EA-ED Cluster to EF/EL
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:43 pm 
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so this will work with out useing a ef ef engine?
just the ecu?


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 Post subject: Re: Converting your EA-ED Cluster to EF/EL
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:52 pm 
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yea it works fine bud ya just have to run an aftermarket temp gauge or sumin because theres basically no way to run the el gauge off the ea wiring i got b4 and after pics in my build thread,
i wonder if its possible to hardwire into the actual cluster i wonder if it could be done hay

 

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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:57 pm 
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so this will work with out useing a ef ef engine?
just the ecu?


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yes. you will need the EL ecu or as said, the temp gauge and other stuff wont work properly. i believe that you need an EF/EL oil pressure sender as they are different.

 

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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:08 pm 
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it depends if you have a oil pressure gauge u will need to buy a oil pressure sender unit(think thats wat its called) but if u have no gauge just a light when oil pressures low then its a oil pressure switch im not sure if the oil pressure switches are the same throughtout the e series

 

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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:17 pm 
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does it completely not work or does it work but jump around a bit

it works and doesn't jump around, but when the motor is on limiter the tacho reads 4250rpm. even with another cluster in it was the same

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:25 pm 
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well i currently have the 6 guage cluster in my eb

 

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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 4:27 pm 
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I've just done this in my EA. But the car won't start with the EL ecu installed. Why is this?
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 4:33 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
I've just done this in my EA. But the car won't start with the EL ecu installed. Why is this?


EL ECU is probably expecting a smartlock signal to allow the car to start. You will need a bypass or to disable smartlock in the ecu via a j3 chip.

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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 6:43 pm 
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when you do this doe's the odometer still work?

 

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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:45 pm 
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Thanks heaps. Just need to trace 4 mystery wires, spliced into my Ed loom, and all sweet!
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 Post subject: Re: Converting your EA-ED Cluster to EF/EL
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:47 am 
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Just a observation
1. EA coil PACK = should be need of EF ecu and dash cluster, ( tacho works differently)
2. EB2/ED single COIL = EL ecu and dash cluster. . .
3. I'm pretty sure the oil pressure SWITCH is the same through out ( that I know of ED-L, personally never had anything to do with EA-B2), . . . But if you get your hands on a MID/ HIGH series cluster you'll need a oil pressure SENSOR for the oil gadge to work.
4. J3 chip will be needed for 2 reasons I can think of 1, smart lock bypass and 2, easiest by just saying 'BBM turn delete '
5. 90% sure EF and EL dash cluster connectors are different ( going by the spare dash clusters I have, bear in mind the EL one is a NL high series cluster and I'm not sure if that is why it's different,
6. EF and EL ecu pin layout is different
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