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Feb 23, 2024 | 02:18 PM

Tht87f150

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Instrument cluster swap

My 87 f150 has an instrument cluster with no tachometer, can i put a cluster in with a tachometer from the same generation and everything still work properly??

Feb 23, 2024 | 02:43 PM

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Never done this on an '87, but I've done it twice on '92's, and once on a '95, and it's worked just fine every time.

If you can get the gauge cluster for cheap (or free), why not just give it a try?

Feb 23, 2024 | 03:08 PM

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Never done this on an '87, but I've done it twice on '92's, and once on a '95, and it's worked just fine every time.

If you can get the gauge cluster for cheap (or free), why not just give it a try?

right on, well iv alr ordered the new cluster and its coming in today and installing it when i get out of work, so we shall find out..

Feb 23, 2024 | 04:04 PM

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Yes. You can.

Feb 23, 2024 | 07:02 PM

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Yes. You can.

so i just swapped out the whole cluster with the tachometer and the tach is not working, did i do something wrong? Do i have something unplugged in the engine bay that need to be plugged in that i dont know about?

Feb 24, 2024 | 01:33 PM

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The related thread (Keppe87) below had the same problem with the tachometer. He said he didn’t have the wiring for it but never came back to say what happened.

Mar 1, 2024 | 02:13 PM

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The related thread (Keppe87) below had the same problem with the tachometer. He said he didn’t have the wiring for it but never came back to say what happened.

so i watched a video on youtube where this guy had an 87-91 body style and he was saying its a plug and play, tho my trucks wiring is all torn apart and what not such as random wires not hooked up to anything from the previous people.. so i dont know if one of my plugs is missing a wire for the new cluster to work properly.