Gauge Cluster Question
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Mountain Pass
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Gauge Cluster Question
Hey guys, I have a '95 F-250 HD with the 351. The build date is 07/95. According to research an F4TF tach gauge cluster for a 94-95 gasoline engine should swap right into my truck and give me a working tachometer. I bought a red board, F4TF cluster off eBay, and when I took my dash apart I found my non tach cluster has a green circuit board that starts with F5TF. I swapped my speedometer into the new cluster, replaced all the bulbs with LED and when I fired up the truck the ABS stays lit and the tach doesn't work. Does anyone have any suggestions as to why my original circuit board was an F5TF? I can't even find any information on them using a Google search. I thought 96 was the only oddball year and that should be an F6TF. Any suggestions would be most appreciated! Thanks.
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From: Easton,Ks
Sounds like you have a bad Tachometer or you need to run a wire from the Ignition Coil to the cluster plug. Had to this when I put a 1992 cluster into my 1995 F53 as it did not have a wire for the Tachometer.
You may need a resister around the ABS lamp or replace it with an incandescent bulb.
The F4TF & F5TF are just the start of a drawing/engineering number. A part number would have a "Z" in it like F4TZ-XXXX-XX.
Ford does not put part numbers on parts.
You may need a resister around the ABS lamp or replace it with an incandescent bulb.
The F4TF & F5TF are just the start of a drawing/engineering number. A part number would have a "Z" in it like F4TZ-XXXX-XX.
Ford does not put part numbers on parts.
More Turbo
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I am not sure why you are switching only the boards. I sold a few on ebay and repaired one in my 92, I believe you pull out your current speedo and replace into the new cluster, gauges are all rearranged in a tach cluster but will worked if using proper year when all assembled and plugged back in .... I happen to have a couple that I need to complete as time allows ...
More Turbo
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I also forgot to mention some sellers ebay sellers indicate that many years interchange when the reality is that only about 2 years of each style (wiring pinout) work with each other for plug and play ....
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I am not sure why you are switching only the boards. I sold a few on ebay and repaired one in my 92, I believe you pull out your current speedo and replace into the new cluster, gauges are all rearranged in a tach cluster but will worked if using proper year when all assembled and plugged back in .... I happen to have a couple that I need to complete as time allows ...
Anyway, here's an update and end to the story. I spoke to the guy who sold me the '94-'95 cluster and he was baffled as well. He believed my '95 truck has a '96 gauge cluster in it. I guess since it was built so late in the '95 model year Ford made the change early? So I sent the cluster back and he sent me a '96 tachometer cluster. I swapped my speedometer into the new '96 cluster, plugged it in and everything works. I did have to use regular 194 bulbs in the ABS socket, parking brake indicator socket, and also the 4x4 indicators for them to work correctly. I used LEDs everywhere else.
The camera in my phone makes the color look a little distorted but the color from the LEDs is completely uniform, and it looks awesome.
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