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Jul 21, 2011 | 11:58 AM

LSO1123

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Instrument Clusters

Would any of you guys happen to know of any place I could send the original instrument cluster out of my 93 F250 to have it fixed. I would love to have the odometer show the actual mileage. The cluster that's in it shows 192K and it's acutally more like 92K! The speedo and odometer stopped working in the original cluster is the reason I had to change them out. Is there a way to change the odometer reading in a cluster? I know that maybe you're not technically suppose to do that but I'm not trying to make it look like it has less miles than it actually does and I would never sell this truck anyway, I would just like for it to show the actual miles since it has so few for a 18 year old truck.

Jul 21, 2011 | 01:46 PM

swooshcmk

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haha, you got stuck with the extra digit

7,500 miles and my truck will be brand new again! Think I'll throw a party... lol

Jul 21, 2011 | 05:50 PM

Otahyoni

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Only place i can think of is a dealership, but they might not know how or have the needed tools.....

Jul 21, 2011 | 07:08 PM

kenpobuck

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Pull it out, take off the needle and use a drill on the end of the cable and run it backwards. You need to pull the needle or it will mess up the speed reading when you put it back together. I found this out when I first got my Bronco (it was an 88 stlye then) and wanted to see if the speedo worked.

Jul 21, 2011 | 09:24 PM

Otahyoni

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I've heard that it will mess up the alignment of the numbers if it's run backwards as a sing of tampering.

Dont know if it's true, but something to keep in mind if you ever go to sell the truck...

Jul 21, 2011 | 10:10 PM

fellro86

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Is is a 93, which means it has no cable drive, strictly electronic. Plus, it is digital, not a roll type. It will require someone to re flash it, but not even sure that can be done to it for the tamper proofing reason.

Jul 22, 2011 | 12:48 AM