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Gaye

New Member

• Sep 28, 2018

• #1

Hello guys,
I have managed to purchase a Puma dashboard and I'm about to use it on my 1996 300 TDI Defender
As you can read on the title ; Is there any way to use PUMA gauges on TDI Engine ?

 

zeaphod

Well-Known Member

• Sep 28, 2018

• #2

Nothing's impossible, you may be able to bodge the puma temp sensor into the TDi engine, and alter the fuel gauge with resistors. Sounds like a lot of work for a cosmetic look.

 

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Gaye

New Member

• Sep 28, 2018

• #3

zeaphod said:

Nothing's impossible, you may be able to bodge the puma temp sensor into the TDi engine, and alter the fuel gauge with resistors. Sounds like a lot of work for a cosmetic look.

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What about speedometer ?

 

TorsionBhudda

Well-Known Member

• Sep 28, 2018

• #4

I've seen a company who fit Puma dash into older Defenders looks like they use the original gauges. here's a link.

http://www.ministryofdefender.co.uk/land-rover-interior.html

 

mick 1986

Well-Known Member

• Sep 28, 2018

• #5

Do a google search, there’s a guy on the Defender2 forum who has developed a proper unit to run all the Puma dash from any (back to 200tdi I think) engine. I can’t think of the guys name.


Here:
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic62506.html

 

G

Gaye

New Member

• Sep 29, 2018

• #6

mick 1986 said:

Do a google search, there’s a guy on the Defender2 forum who has developed a proper unit to run all the Puma dash from any (back to 200tdi I think) engine. I can’t think of the guys name.


Here:
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic62506.html

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Thank you so much Mick, I guess this is what I need.

 

FlyingPete

Well-Known Member

• Sep 29, 2018

• #7

The puma tachometer, warning lights and coolant gauge are all driven over the CAN bus rather than by analog ECU outputs. So you'd need a standalone ECU to take the inputs from the oil pressure switch, coolant sensor and an engine speed signal from somewhere, and output them as a CAN protocol which the puma gauge cluster understands. Not as simple as putting the tdci sensors on a tdi engine I'm afraid.

 

mick 1986

Well-Known Member

• Sep 29, 2018

• #8

FlyingPete said:

The puma tachometer, warning lights and coolant gauge are all driven over the CAN bus rather than by analog ECU outputs. So you'd need a standalone ECU to take the inputs from the oil pressure switch, coolant sensor and an engine speed signal from somewhere, and output them as a CAN protocol which the puma gauge cluster understands. Not as simple as putting the tdci sensors on a tdi engine I'm afraid.

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Have a look at that link I posted. It shows, and explains, how it’s all achieved. I don’t know how it’s done, but know it’s possible.

 

Brown

Well-Known Member

Full Member

• Sep 30, 2018

• #9

I see the Ministry of Defender conversion uses the old style gauges and warning light cluster, so it's more about the dash panels than about the electronics. The Defender2.net one seems more sophisticated as there's an electronic device to create the signals needed by the Puma instrument cluster. Looks like a good idea, and seems like a lot of research and development for the price, at just over £300.