I did that with an old 1988 Saab Turbo. The instrument panel failed and I went online and found one from a car dismantler in Ontario. Saabs in Canada do not have miles inside the km on the speedometer.
The 1999 Saab I drive now has an analog speedometer in mph on the outside and km on the inside (both lit). The car's computer can be switched from colonial to metric with a few button pushes. (This does not change the odometer.) This also sets the heater/AC temperature buttons to Celsius. Newer Saabs have an outer ring on the temperature setting and you are stuck with Fahrenheit. Carleton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Palumbo Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 12:42 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:42832] Re: Posting to list (was Jerry) I asked Nat privately if he was referring to a digital temperature gauge or an analog one like the water temperature needle. Climate control systems usually allow for easily switching between C & F, but manual gauges require a cluster swap. I did this in my old Volkswagen, I imported a gauge cluster from Germany to get water temp in C and the speedometer in km/h only. -Mike Victor Jockin wrote: > With a lot of later model cars, there's a country code in the car's > computer that can be changed by a dealer (or by yourself if you buy > some software and some connector cables). I think it's that code, > rather than the display itself, that needs to be changed. Setting the > code to Canada should change all LED displays to metric (odometer to > km, temp to C, etc.). You'll probably want to switch it back before > selling it. > > *From:* Nat Hager III <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, February 02, 2009 7:03 AM > *To:* U.S. Metric Association <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* [USMA:42823] Re: Posting to list (was Jerry) > > Second that! > > Also there was *one* I posted yesterday, that I think got buried in > the maze. I'd really like some help with this.... > > Nat > > ----------------------------------- > > Wonder if someone can point me in the write direction here.. > > I'm looking for a late model Accord with a temperature gauge of course > in Celsius. So far the one that comes with it is hard-wired F only, > and when I try to find detailed instructions (jumper setting, etc) or > the counterpart model in Canada I come up blank. The US F-only model > is part # 08E71-SDA-100. > > Anyone have any suggestions? > > Nat > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Howard Ressel > Sent: Monday, 2009 February 02 9:16 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:42822] Re: Posting to list (was Jerry) > > Wow two weekends in a row with several hundreds postings. Its nice to > see so much interest but unfortunately I had to delete most of them > without reading them. My IT guys might not be too happy if this keeps > up. I love the list but lets try to keep it a bit more reasonable in > numbers of posts. > > -- > > "Go for a Metric America" > > Howard Ressel > > Project Design Engineer, Region 4 > > (585) 272-3372 >
