I substituted a 1991 euro cluster with oil pressure gauge in place of a regular cluster. The project vehicle is a 1992 lumina sedan. However, I have also dismantled the voltmeter (no oil-gauge) cluster and input the info I discovered on it as well. The info here can help you to make any lumina cluster work.
Disclaimer: I don't know if the all 90-94 base clusters are identical, please check this against your wiring, before you start.
1990, 1991, and some early 1992 Euro rally clusters have oil gauges.
all other 1992, 1993, and 1994 have voltmeters replacing the oil gauge.
Their are 14 seperate clusters used in Luminas that I am aware of:
1990 base cluster: thin lined monstrosity, with a light gray background
1991 - 1994: base cluster with a black ground
1990 gauge cluster: thin lined monstrosity with oil gauge and tach 3.1 redline
1991 - mid 1992 gauge cluster with oil gauge and 3.1 tach redline
1991 - mid 1992 gauge cluster with oil gauge and 3.4 tach redline
mid 1992 - 1994 gauge cluster with oil indicator, charge gauge and 3.1 tach redline
mid 1992 - 1994 gauge cluster with oil indicator, charge gauge and 3.4 tachredline
and then each of those is available in english and metric specifications. GEEZ!!!
the shift indicator, or filler plate, is interchangeable between all the clusters.
I repinned my own connector. with practice and a good narrow jewelers screw driver it's quite easy. Just remember to tweek the lock tangs to ensure they lock when you reinsert. I would snatch an extra instrument cluster pigtail before starting and practice depinning and reinstalling. I emptied an extra connector and transferred the wires one by one to prevent confusion.
Additionally, this swap requires a new temperature and oil pressure sender (if oil gauge cluster) in place of the original switch. The harness connectors are identical. Remember the length of the oil sender for the gauge is about twice as long as switch for the base cluster.
The top row is C, bottom row is D and they go 1-16, left to right.
For the Base Cluster
First number is the base cluster pin location. Then the wire color and description. The last number is where it has to be moved to in the euro cluster harness.
1990-1994 Lumina cluster base
connector Pin# Wire color function
bc-C1 --- not used
bc-C2 --- not used
bc-C3 PNK/BLK switched ignition feed, hot in run (+) D4/D11
bc-C4 YEL/BLK Low Coolant indicator C16
bc-C5 TAN/WHT "Brake" Warning indicator D13
bc-C6 BRN charge indicator C15
bc-C7 DK GRN Coolant Temp indicator C7
bc-C8 --- not used
bc-C9 BLK Ground C2/D6
bc-C10 BRN/WHT "Service Engine Soon" indicator D16
bc-C11 --- (low fuel indicator if equipped)
bc-C12 LT GRN/BLK "ABS" indicator D13
bc-C13 PPL Fuel Gauge input from sender C5
bc-C14 --- not used
bc-C15 --- not used(low oil, if equipped)
bc-C16 LT BLU Left Turn signal indicator C9
bc-D1 TAN Oil Pressure Indicator(grounds to light if no pressure) C13
bc-D2 YEL Fasten Seatbelt indicator(grounds to light) C11
bc-D3 --- not used
bc-D4 --- not used
bc-D5 --- not used
bc-D6 --- not used
bc-D7 --- not used
bc-D8 GRY Illumination (adjustable backlighting) C3
bc-D9 --- not used
bc-D10 --- not used
bc-D11 --- not used
bc-D12 BLK Ground C2/D6
bc-D13 DK GRN VSS speedometer input D5
bc-D14 --- not used
bc-D15 DK BLU Right turn signal indicator D1
bc-D16 LT GRN High Beams indicator D2
Ok, here is the pinout for the Euro's fully instrumented cluster.
First number is the base cluster location. Then the wire color and description.
1990-1994 Lumina Gauge cluster
connector Pin# Wire color function
ec-C1 ????????????????TAN/BLK possible shift indicator(if equipped)
ec-C2 BLK Ground
ec-C3 GRY Illumination (adjustable backlighting)
ec-C4 --- not used
ec-C5 PPL Fuel Gauge input from sender
ec-C6 --- not used
ec-C7 DRK GRN Coolant Temperature gauge input from sender
ec-C8 --- not used
ec-C9 LT BLU Left Turn signal indicator
ec-C10 --- not used
ec-C11 YEL Fasten Seatbelt indicator
ec-C12 --- not used
ec-C13* TAN Oil Pressure sender(oil pressure gauge cluster)
ec-C13* --- not used (voltmeter gauge cluster)
ec-C14 --- not used
ec-C15 BRN Charge indicator
ec-C16 YEL/BLK Low Coolant indicator
ec-D1 DK BLU Right Turn signal indicator
ec-D2 LT GRN High Beams indicator
ec-D3 ????????????????TAN/BLK (if equipped) shift indicator (if present)
ec-D4 PNK/BLK switched ignition feed, hot in run (+)
ec-D5 DK GRN VSS speedometer input
ec-D6 BLK Ground
ec-D7 --- not used
ec-D8 --- not used
ec-D9 WHT Tach Signal (analog)
ec-D10* TAN Oil Pressure indicator(voltmeter cluster)
ec-D10* --- not used (oil gauge cluster)
ec-D11 PNK/BLK switched ignition feed, hot in run (+)
ec-D12 --- not used
ec-D13 TAN/WHT "Brake" Warning indicator
ec-D14 --- not used
ec-D15 LT GRN/BLK "ABS" indicator
ec-D16 BRN/WHT "Service Engine Soon" indicator
*difference in wiring reflecting the oil pressure to voltmeter revision. Make sure you hook your wires up correctly.
Connector matching:
ec-C2 BLK Ground
bc-C9 or bc-D12 BLK Ground
ec-C3 GRY Illumination (adjustable backlighting)
bc-D8 GRY Illumination (adjustable backlighting)
ec-C5 PPL Fuel Gauge input from sender
bc-C13 PPL Fuel Gauge input from sender
ec-C7 DK GRN Coolant Temperature gauge input from sender
bc-C7 DK GRN Coolant Temp indicator
ec-C9 LT BLU Left Turn signal indicator
bc-C16 LT BLU Left Turn signal indicator
ec-C11 YEL Fasten Seatbelt indicator
bc-D2 YEL Fasten Seatbelt indicator(grounds to light)
ec-C13* TAN Oil Pressure sender(oil pressure gauge cluster)
ec-D10* TAN Oil Pressure indicator(voltmeter cluster)
bc-D1* TAN Oil Pressure Indicator(grounds to light if no pressure)
ec-C15 BRN Charge indicator
bc-C6 BRN charge indicator
ec-C16 YEL/BLK Low Coolant indicator
bc-C4 YEL/BLK Low Coolant indicator
ec-D1 DK BLU Right Turn signal indicator
bc-D15 DK BLU Right turn signal indicator
ec-D2 LT GRN High Beams indicator
bc-D16 LT GRN High Beams indicator
ec-D4% PNK/BLK switched ignition feed, hot in run (+)
ec-D11% PNK/BLK switched ignition feed, hot in run (+)
bc-C3% PNK/BLK switched ignition feed, hot in run (+)
ec-D5 DK GRN VSS speedometer input
bc-D13 DK GRN VSS speedometer input
ec-D6 BLK Ground
bc-C9 or bc-D12 BLK Ground
ec-D9 WHT Tach Signal (analog)
must add from c100 or ICM
ec-D13 TAN/WHT "Brake" Warning indicator
bc-C5 TAN/WHT Brake Warning indicator
ec-D15 LT GRN/BLK "ABS" indicator
bc-C12 LT GRN/BLK "ABS" indicator
ec-D16 BRN/WHT "Service Engine Soon" indicator
bc-C10 BRN/WHT "Service Engine Soon" indicator
*wire to match your donor cluster as needed.
%the base cluster wire must be spliced to feed two connectors on the euro cluster.
Not used:
ec-C1 ????????????????TAN/BLK possible shift indicator(if equipped)
ec-D3 ????????????????TAN/BLK (if equipped) shift indicator (if present)
bc-C1 --- not used
bc-C2 --- not used
bc-C8 --- not used
bc-C11 --- unused "low fuel" indicator
bc-C14 --- not used
bc-C15 --- not used(low oil, if equipped)
bc-D3 --- not used
bc-D4 --- not used
bc-D5 --- not used
bc-D6 --- not used
bc-D7 --- not used
bc-D9 --- not used
bc-D10 --- not used
bc-D11 --- not used
bc-D14 --- not used
ec-C4 --- not used
ec-C6 --- not used
ec-C8 --- not used
ec-C10 --- not used
ec-C12 --- not used
ec-C13* --- not used (voltmeter guage cluster)
ec-C14 --- not used
ec-D7 --- not used
ec-D8 --- not used
ec-D10* --- not used (oil guage cluster)
ec-D12 --- not used
ec-D14 --- not used
KEY:
not used= no connection, no wire was present, if there is an optional light I listed it. (ie shift if equipped)
For (bc-C3 Pink/Black - Ignition Power ec-D4/ec-D11) this power wire must be spit to have a second wire , as the base cluster has one socket and the full guage cluster has two. in a proper euro harness they link.
For the tach, (ec-D9 White - Tach Wire, analog) this wire is absent from within the car. I discovered that the tack wire is a small gauge white wire in the harness that meets the firewall behind the alternator(the C100 connector). It does not continue past there into the body. Open up this wire loom and you’ll discover bunch of wires. Only about 5 are small gauge, and the white wire will be obvious. Link it from there and run it inside the car to the cluster. Be sure not to have it run where it will get damaged and shorted.
Euro cluster ec-C13 and ec-D10 positions are two possible locations for the oil pressure wires. ec-C13 in for the guage, ec-D10 for the idiot light. This is the only know difference I have found between the two types of clusters.
This is a possible difference, I didn't track this info very well, but Euro cluster D1 and C3 (ie Tan/Blk? ie shift indicator if equipped?) either appear to be possible locations where a manual trans car would have up-shift, or down-shift indicators. I didn't have a year break down for these, sorry.
One last issue, some pins actually are identical to other pins, so a wire could be in a slightly different position (ie C7 instead of D7, fake example) this issue is usually the same number pin but different letter (ie C7=D7, or D13=C14, fake examples) This is visible on the back of the circuit board as the circuit line will run through both pins.