Please help identify this component

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:20 am

I 'm with Ammo, that sounds like a deliberate alarm for reversing:

Either parking sensors;
Or an after-market buzzer because the previous owner missed the reversing alarm he had in his Securicor van;
Or he was a numpty and had a habit of selecting reverse instead of drive at the lights

Bludge · Post by **Bludge** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:04 pm

ah, if its the auto dash I guess its a reverse alert as it did seem to be coming from there. is having the auto dash going to cause me any problems? I didn't even realise!

Post by **Ammo** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:06 pm

No, they just have the shift lights down the middle that are now not used that's all

Wasn't aware it beeped though and that doesn't sound like a Honda beep

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:58 pm

pickup makes the same noise when its in reverse, auto or manual the reverse light switch is what tells the car its in reverse so that's why it makes the noise.

Bludge · Post by **Bludge** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:55 pm

I cant believe i never even noticed it was an auto guage cluster! there is a 2.0 uk lude up at my local scrappy, can i just rip the guage out of that and plug it straight into mine? or will that cause problems.
I keep getting confused with only having kph as i can never remember the conversion, would prefer mph really.

Post by **Ammo** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:48 pm

You can fit a KPH to MPH converter with your existing clocks and they will read in MPH

Or you can swap the clocks to UK ones, but then your mileage will be out

With the MPH converter it depends where you put it (Before or after the ECU) to what is does, either way it will still convert to MPH but if you put it before the ECU you will lose Vtec in first gear but also lose the Japanese 112mph speed limiter. If you put it after the car will be as it is now, just in MPH

Bludge · Post by **Bludge** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:01 pm

well im guessing the mileage is wrong anyway as it has been converted to manual. so who knows what the mileage is!

I was gonna look into de-limiting the car, but it all seems quite expensive so it will have to wait till i have the money. Is there a way of retaining vtec in first but still losing the limiter?

Post by **indigolemon** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:04 pm

Best way is to fit UKDM dials (no converters involved then), and get a chip from this thread fitted to your ECU