1985 Bronco Tachometer
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1985 Bronco Tachometer
Okay, I'm back with some more obscurities. What's it take to swap in the tach gauge set? I had someone say it was a direct plug-n-play, but I'm skeptical. One plug has more contacts than the other one and they're in different locations. Has anyone done this without butchery? Thanks again in advance
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I put a stock tachometer into my '81 and my '84.
It is plug and play, but with a catch. When I did mine, I swapped in the entire gauge cluster since it also came with a tripometer, which I wanted.
Otherwise, you need the printed circuit board on the back of the cluster, which isn't easy to remove.
Which plug are you talking about? With mine, I unplugged the big plug out of the back of the non-tach cluster, and then plugged it into the new gauge cluster. Fired the engine up and the tach sprung right to life.
It is plug and play, but with a catch. When I did mine, I swapped in the entire gauge cluster since it also came with a tripometer, which I wanted.
Otherwise, you need the printed circuit board on the back of the cluster, which isn't easy to remove.
Which plug are you talking about? With mine, I unplugged the big plug out of the back of the non-tach cluster, and then plugged it into the new gauge cluster. Fired the engine up and the tach sprung right to life.
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