Instrument Cluster Calibration

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Do you need a Honda scanner to recalibrate your gauges or is there a way to do it without the scanner... And also if the tach is off does that affect injector pulse timings or does it just go by the crank sensor and other inputs to determine pulse timings
 

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that's all in the ecm, the cluster is separate.

No though, not with a scanner AFAIK. Usually you need to reposition the needles on the gauge posts.
 

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that's all in the ecm, the cluster is separate.

No though, not with a scanner AFAIK. Usually you need to reposition the needles on the gauge posts.

That's what I thought because isn't there a separate computer for the cluster and interior lighting and stuff on the EX accords... As far as the repositioning of the needles do you know of any tutorials on how to do it because I've been searching all over and can't find one and I need to fix this asap
 

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not really, pull cluster, pull cover, move needles about as far they need to. Reinstall w/o the cover to check & adjust, put it all back.
 

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not really, pull cluster, pull cover, move needles about as far they need to. Reinstall w/o the cover to check & adjust, put it all back.
Ah I gotcha so I bet at the dealership they are just using the Honda scanner to get the PIDs to match the gauges and charging people $100 to match numbers
 

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I've used the Honda scanner, never saw one. Gauges are off is usually mechanical.
 

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Yeah, it's probably mechanical. Have you checked the readouts your ECM is giving digitally for RPMs, speed, etc?
 

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derp, there's a good way...

check the scanner's display of mph, rpm, temp, whatever is off.

If the scanner matches the cluster, but both are off to real, then a sensor problem.

If the scanner matches real, but the cluster is off, you have a cluster problem.
 

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I don't have a scanner that can do that I just have a code reader... But do you think that the torque pro app on android would work
 

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yeah, lol, that's all I use now

even my car has one:
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My Actron scanner is in a closet somewhere...
 
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