EBCM/DIC/Cluster Systems Delete
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EBCM/DIC/Cluster Systems Delete
These last few days my DIC has started randomly scrolling through the options, "Honey, my dic is having problems. It thinks I'm French, or sometimes German." The buttons seem to be working fine, and searching the forum it seems my cluster is going out. Not a big deal, I can pick up a used cluster, swap the chip with my mileage over, and done. However, it's got me thinking... And I'm not planning on doing this, at least not any time soon, just trying to learn...
With the complexity of the C5's electronics that all seem to talk to each other, the fact that a lot of these parts are not serviceable and are no longer made, such as the gauge cluster and my 99 EBCM, what would it take to do a major overall of a C5's systems and replace them with something more current and serviceable? I know there's peeps who've done the Bosch ABS swap, there's Haltech/Motec/Holly ECUs and new digital clusters available. I'm talking swapping out all this aged problematic stuff but keeping the car 100% usable as a daily or semi-daily driver, with cruise, AC, etc. I know it would be a lot of work and not cheap (remember, this is mostly academic), but is there an upgrade path that could be done replacing components over time as they failed?
I'm not even sure what search terms to use, I've done a little researching but nothing has come up. I'm fully willing to do the leg work if someone knows of a thread or two or what search terms to use.
With the complexity of the C5's electronics that all seem to talk to each other, the fact that a lot of these parts are not serviceable and are no longer made, such as the gauge cluster and my 99 EBCM, what would it take to do a major overall of a C5's systems and replace them with something more current and serviceable? I know there's peeps who've done the Bosch ABS swap, there's Haltech/Motec/Holly ECUs and new digital clusters available. I'm talking swapping out all this aged problematic stuff but keeping the car 100% usable as a daily or semi-daily driver, with cruise, AC, etc. I know it would be a lot of work and not cheap (remember, this is mostly academic), but is there an upgrade path that could be done replacing components over time as they failed?
I'm not even sure what search terms to use, I've done a little researching but nothing has come up. I'm fully willing to do the leg work if someone knows of a thread or two or what search terms to use.
Last edited by ubervic; Mar 12, 2022 at 02:30 PM.
Thread Starter
Intermediate
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 47
Likes: 8
From: Baton Rouge, LA
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Last edited by ubervic; Mar 12, 2022 at 01:56 PM.
