Instrument Cluster Issue
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From: Elkhorn, Wiscompton
Instrument Cluster Issue
I have a 1989 F350 that I just bought today, and While driving it home, I noticed the Cluster wasn't working properly.
The Speedometer wasn't working, had to have my brother pull ahead of me and set his cruise control so I could still obey the speed limit, the Odometer and Trip-Meter weren't functioning, I had to pull ahead of my brother for a fuel run on his car, and when I hit an est. 70-75Mph, the speedo went crazy (Bouncing between 35-50 erratically) and the Odometer and Trip-Meter increased by .2 miles, after I slowed back down, the speedo went dead again.
I have the ZF Trans which has less than 1400miles on it, and do not know the connector location.
The other instruments not working are listed below.
*Oil Pressure, Dead pegged and a replacement had been installed that operates.
*Fuel Gauge, pinned past "F", after 8.179 Gallons, it sat dead on "F", this truck was built for long distance towing/travel, so the exact capacity is unknown at this time.
*Temp, I highly doubt at the motor was at the first notch after "C" with a constant 2400RPMs in 5th gear.
The Tach and Volt seem to be operating correctly.
Do you think it's the actual cluster itself?
Any help is appreciated.
The Speedometer wasn't working, had to have my brother pull ahead of me and set his cruise control so I could still obey the speed limit, the Odometer and Trip-Meter weren't functioning, I had to pull ahead of my brother for a fuel run on his car, and when I hit an est. 70-75Mph, the speedo went crazy (Bouncing between 35-50 erratically) and the Odometer and Trip-Meter increased by .2 miles, after I slowed back down, the speedo went dead again.
I have the ZF Trans which has less than 1400miles on it, and do not know the connector location.
The other instruments not working are listed below.
*Oil Pressure, Dead pegged and a replacement had been installed that operates.
*Fuel Gauge, pinned past "F", after 8.179 Gallons, it sat dead on "F", this truck was built for long distance towing/travel, so the exact capacity is unknown at this time.
*Temp, I highly doubt at the motor was at the first notch after "C" with a constant 2400RPMs in 5th gear.
The Tach and Volt seem to be operating correctly.
Do you think it's the actual cluster itself?
Any help is appreciated.
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Your speed will be cable operated. The connection will be on the transfer case, not the trans. You may have a broken cable or a stripped plastic gear on the end of the cable. Pull it out of the transfer case and have a look.
Gauges I don`t know, maybe bad fuel sender in tank or bad electrical connections. Oip press maybe bad sender unit at engine.
Gauges I don`t know, maybe bad fuel sender in tank or bad electrical connections. Oip press maybe bad sender unit at engine.
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just, sat there at the bottom?
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The family and I went to Laramie today, my brother took my wife and son with him in my wife's car, and I took the truck (my youngest brother wanted to see it) halfway through the trip, the speedo went completely spastic, finally it stabilized around 65, I called my wife and asked her what speed they were going, she told me 65, so somehow........it's working again 
Fords, you gotta love em.
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