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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 04:42 PM
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1988 Stock Tachometer

I curently have the instrument cluster without the tach.

I am buying a 1988 F-150 for parts that has the tach in the cluster.

My question is,

Will the 1988 cluster with the tach replace my 1988 cluster with-out the tach?

Do I have to swap the harnesses? Or are the harnesses the same with the leads already installed to hook the tach up?

Does those question make sense?
 
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 05:35 PM
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It is plug and play, all you need to do is put it in.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 05:44 PM
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Originally posted by mantta
It is plug and play, all you need to do is put it in.
Hot damn!! That was the answer I was looking for!!

So the wiring harness plugs are there correct? Are they labeled so I know which is which?


Now I got to talk the man down a few hundred for this truck & I'll be good to go. He is wanting $700.00 for the truck complete with a bad front fuel pump & a leaking rear tank. (in other words the truck aint running)

I can use the bed, cab, drivers door, drivers fender, front fuel tank, & all the interior peices.

If I buy the truck, all the other good parts will be on eBay.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 06:11 PM
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On the same note, I want to put a inst cluster w/ tach in my 1990 f150 auto. What vehicles/year models have the same cluster, F150 and maybe Ranger??

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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 06:31 PM
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I think the 87-91 are all the same. You can not plug them in wrong, the plugs are not the same. Ranger clusters will not work on a F-150.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 06:45 PM
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parts vehicles are great. Ebay is another good idea.

Especially keep the headlights, mirrors, things like that. I stupidly sold mine (for a parts car) and then needed them.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 10:07 PM
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it only sucks when you buy a cluster in the junkyard, which looks exactly like your cluster plus the tach, only to realize your 93 F-series has a digital odometer, hence no speedo cable.

Its amazing how one can look at something every day for 10 years and not remember while wandering the yard LOL
 
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