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The cluster gauge is the combination meter in the dashboard, consisting of the Speedometer, Fuel Gauge, Temperature Gauge and the dash lamps including Turn Signals.

	Dashboard Articles
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	Dashboard
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	Cluster Gauge

1 Overview
2 Earth
3 Wiring
4 Types
5 Old VS New Styles
6 Variations
- 6.1 Facelift
7 Brake Lamp
8 Sources
- 8.1 620
9 Photo Index

Overview

The cluster lid is the facia plate that hold the gauges and switches.

Main: Dash#Cluster Lid

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Technically, the combo meter is the "cluster gauge", but in practice the entire unit including the speedometer is called the "cluster".

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Cluster gauge has these components:

* Temperature Gauge
* Fuel Gauge
* Cluster Lid Shadow Mask, which has these lamp masks:
  * OIL (red warning)
  * BEAM (blue indicator)
  * CHG (red warning)
  * BRAKE (red warning) [on USA 1200s and newer utes, blank on others]

* 25014-H18000 ASS'Y-PLATE-shadow
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Indicators Bulbs are this kind. For more details, see Bulbs
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Earth

The gauge is earthed (grounded) by the large tab at the bottom. This means the gauges won't work properly until bolted in place. For testing, an earth wire can be attached.

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The cluster is earthed/grounded via a tab

Wiring

See main article: Instrument Panel Wiring

Types

Main: Bar Cluster Gauge

* Retangular Gauges (Kaku Meter)
* Round Gauges (Maru Meter)

Kaku vs Maru gauges
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Old VS New Styles

* Original Style: Labels written next to lamps
* New Style: Labels written on lamps, double-line Temp Gauge

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Old Style: warning lamps have no labels (labels are on the mask plate):
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New Style: larger warning lamps, with the labels on the lenses
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New Style can be ID'd by the doubled temperature lines
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Original Style with single temperature lines
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Variations

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North American Market: has extra warning lamp marked BRAKE (see details below)
non-USA, one lamp shadow is unlabeled
1975-up ute with larger warning lamps

Japan market: no label on the mask for BRAKE
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Late Ute: New larger warning lamps, with the labels on the lense
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Also has BRAKE lamp

Non-USA: No BRAKE lamp
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JDM metric with color-coded Speedometer
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Red wire clip is for the Clock lamps
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Sunny Truck cluster round gauge (1978-up). Note speed buzzer on the back.

Facelift

Plastic anti-glare covers instead of flat glass.

Facelift gauges use the new font and anti-glare covers
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25012-H3300 COVER ASSY-front (for clock)
25012-H3400 COVER ASST-front (for tachometer)

Clock with Cover

This cover (source unknown) does not fit the tachometer

Tachometer using flat-plastic cover also fits the cluster lid
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Gauges have long-reach brackets, and indicator lamps are moved to the Cluster Lid
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Note high-mounted indicator lamps

Japan GX 180kph speedometer with Speed Buzzer

Brake Lamp

The BRAKE lamp on the dash was used for:

* "Hand Brake is on" reminder (North America and Japan)
* Brake pressure warning switch (North America)

Japan square gauge: a brake lamp was fitted to the cluster lid of Deluxe models.
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USA: The brake lamp was fitted to all 1970-1973 North America 1200s per US federal law.

Japan Round gauge: A brake "warning" lamp was added October 1975. Prior to this the cluster gauge had a blank spot.
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Also see: Brake Wiring

1972 USA Owners manual (Page 11 ... ):

BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LAMP
If either half of the dual brake system fails, the brake warning light (BRAKE) glows when brakes are applied. You must stop the car immediately and if you can safely operate with two-wheel brakes, move your car at reduced speed to the nearest service station.
This warning light is also used as the parking brake warning light.
Before starting, if the warning light does not glow when the parking brake and ignition switch are on, have the electrical system checked.

Also See:
* Brake pressure warning switch
* "Hand Brake is on" reminder

Sources

B110 Datsun 1200/1400
B120 Datsun 1200 Pickup
620 Datsun Truck

Datsun 1200AX Sado

C20 Sunny Cab/Cherry Cab
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1976-1981 Nissan C340 Caball/Clipper
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620

Datsun 620 pickup uses a 1200-sourced cluster gauge. It used plastic spacers to set back from the cluster lid as the 620 had a slanted instrument panel.

USA pictured. See http://community.ratsun.net/topic/32970-620-gauge-differences

1973(?) - B110 GX Facelift style, blue & red speed switch wires