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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 06:52 PM
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Corecting My Speedometer

I need to know how to fix my speedometer in my 2003 F 150, Is it a mechanical speedo or is it electric? I have 40x13.50r17s on it so the speedo is off really bad and it gets worse the faster I go. Any info would be great thanks!
 
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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 08:09 PM
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by red2002FX4
I need to know how to fix my speedometer in my 2003 F 150, Is it a mechanical speedo or is it electric? I have 40x13.50r17s on it so the speedo is off really bad and it gets worse the faster I go. Any info would be great thanks!
I would like to see your truck! pics would be nice
 
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 12:50 AM
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Your speedometor is a pulsed analog display.
The pulses come out of the PCM and are determined by a data word in the ID block for the trucks original build.
Only way is to use an external tuner that has the ability to access and change data in this software block.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 05:56 PM
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thanks for the help, i just ordered my Edge dashboard tunner, it is going to be able to recalibrate the speedo. Pics will be up soon!
 
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Old Jan 29, 2011 | 02:49 PM
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It will be interesting to see if it can calibrate for a tire that big, it will
at least get close.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 08:41 AM
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I recieved my tunner this week, it was able to fix the speedometer. Thanks for the help.
 
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