Part 47: Electronic Instrument Cluster Conversion - Part 1 - My 76 Mazda RX-5 Cosmo Restoration

The viewers have voted! At the end of part 46 I presented a choice as to what you would like to see next and by a wide margin, we have a winner. Episode 47 of my '76 Mazda Cosmo restoration focuses on converting the instrument cluster from 40 year old analog mechanical gauges to electronic gauges. Not some gaudy named-after-a-US-state Digital glowing green digital panel slapped into a classic looking frame of course. Instead, a true integration of the existing gauges with modern electronics and control, taking information from an MS3-Pro fed CAN bus. Suffice it to say, there is a lot of delicate detail here, working with ridiculously tiny screws, machining of small parts and some electronics as well. There will also definitely be a part 2 of this episode, and possibly a part 3, because building an OEM integration level instrument cluster is no small task!

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