S13 SR20, will it start without a cluster?

[Crazyced]

The interior of my 240sx is stripped including dash, cluster and ECU as I'm planning to repaint it. It still has the harness and ignition. I was curious, will OBD1 cars start without a cluster? Assuming I hook the ECU back up of course.

I could just try it but the car is away and I figured I'd ask if any one else did for the purpose of moving the car around while working on it.

[kruked]

Yes, your car will fire right up w/o a hiccup if the cluster is disconnected.

[cotbu]

I start engine sets on a pallet all the time, without a cluster. Seriously, even if someone said no you should have tried it anyway.

Sent from a Highly Tuned Note 4.5!!!

[Crazyced]

Thanks guys, just an update. Car didn't start. I had unhooked a bunch of connectors from behind the dash and didn't care to investigate further after realizing that the rubber fuel line to the fuel filter was spewing gas everywhere when the pump was priming.

Didn't do that when I parked it this spring. I gotta get moving on this project before the climate and immobility gets the best of it. :-/

[kruked]

I'm lost... an update? I thought that you were asking a simple question? Now it seems as if you are trying to solve a problem.

[Crazyced]

I'm lost... an update? I thought that you were asking a simple question? Now it seems as if you are trying to solve a problem.Not really. Just saying that I tried to start the car with the dash/cluster and most stuff on it unhooked other then key/ignition and ECU and it didn't turn over. Could have been missing other small little things but didn't investigate further because a fuel line was shooting fuel out anyway.

There are many problems to solve on this car. None that I'll be trying to fix in this thread. :Ownedd: Just reporting what I did.

[kruked]

Gotcha gotcha.