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Old Jul 28, 2019 | 07:25 PM
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Install a tachometer

Guys I have a 1983 F250 XL with the 5.8 and 5 speed. No tachometer with the manual transmission is strange to me. Is all of the wiring there if I get a new gauge cluster with a tachometer from the wrecking yard?
 
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Old Jul 28, 2019 | 07:43 PM
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Guys I have a 1983 F250 XL with the 5.8 and 5 speed. No tachometer with the manual transmission is strange to me. Is all of the wiring there if I get a new gauge cluster with a tachometer from the wrecking yard?
I don't believe so but the wiring is not hard to install. On my 92 300 I just had to splice into a wire on the ignition coil if I am remembering correctly.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2019 | 08:18 AM
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It would be plug and play for your 1983 F-series truck.
I did that with my 1983.
No rewiring.
 
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