Ranger, Tach.
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From: cameron, wi.
Ranger, Tach.
Hey evryone, my kid has a 99 Ranger Sport with the 2.5 dual coils and 2 plugs per cylinder, any one know how to put a tach. in it? we tried once and the tach only read 300 rpm's. Ive also posted on the 4 banger board hope some one can help, Thanks Warren
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I have a 1999 3.0 XLT 4speed auto, and i have the non tach. gauge cluster, i was woundering if it is possible (and not overly insanely complicated) to replace it w/ the gauge cluster w/ a tach.
Also any one know much about adding after market cruise?
Also any one know much about adding after market cruise?
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From: cameron, wi.
aftermarket tach.
Hey all how are you today? My boy has a 99 ranger sport 2.5 4 banger, and he wants a tach. in it, we have tried to install one but with dual coils and eight spark plugs we are not sure how or where the leads go, we tried it once and the tach only read 400 rpm at an idle and helpfull hints? thanks Warren
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From: Tallahassee, FL
ha, i had a 97 ranger with no tach also and wanted to install one. i learned the hard way. the tach signal you need comes out of the powertrain control module. you dont need to take the pcm out, you just need to splice into a wire that is part of the harness that is plugged into the pcm. ok, first locate the pcm. its on the firewall, near the top/passenger side of the engine compartment with one bolt in the middle. its rectangle. unbolt the harness and unplug it. what you have to do is splice into a wire that is bundled in there with all the other wires, being held together with black tape. on my 97 the wire for the tach signal was brown with a white stripe. now if i were you i would call your dealer and make sure it is the same wire. if it is, just splice into this wire, connect your tach wire to it and tape it back up and plug the harness back into the pcm.
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The tach wire is tn/yel and runs from the PCM to the instrument cluster.
You can swap in a cluster from a truck with the same engine, its wired for it.
You can swap in a cluster from a truck with the same engine, its wired for it.
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i have looked at them and it appears as though the odometer/trip aren't in the same locatoin, do they slide over or how would that work?
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Originally posted by zman764
i have looked at them and it appears as though the odometer/trip aren't in the same locatoin, do they slide over or how would that work?
i have looked at them and it appears as though the odometer/trip aren't in the same locatoin, do they slide over or how would that work?
As for aftermarket cruise, JC Whitney's has kits....if you happened to find some junkyard trucks with the cruise still intact....well, you'd have to swap a lot of stuff for that.
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Originally posted by zman764
i have looked at them and it appears as though the odometer/trip aren't in the same locatoin, do they slide over or how would that work?
i have looked at them and it appears as though the odometer/trip aren't in the same locatoin, do they slide over or how would that work?