U.S. speedometer conversion
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U.S. speedometer conversion
I have a Canadian F350 Diesel and because I use it commercially, need to convert the speedometer / odometer from kilometers to miles. It is a digital readout. Can I just swap the instrument cluster from a 92 U.S. F350 ?
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Would it be a matter of just making the psom count 62% of the current tire circumferance? ( being that 62 miles equals 100km) If so couldn't I just change the psom so that it actually reflected miles instead of kilometers and leave the original odometer? Thanx
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I am not sure you would be able to get enough of a change on the conversion factor since it is only set up to go from 5-13. I would find an imperial speedo unit or go aftermarket, which might even be cheaper.
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the last time someone wanted the speedo to read in miles instead of kilometers he never found a way or he did not post one.
i will say to you what i said to him: go to the ford dealer and ask the oldest mechanic you can find to help you.
i looked through every page of my ford manual and could not find an answer.
i will say to you what i said to him: go to the ford dealer and ask the oldest mechanic you can find to help you.
i looked through every page of my ford manual and could not find an answer.
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yea that might be an issue from a ford dealer , you know how we service them? get all the info and request a $400 cluster from ford cluster
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Well, an eBay seller had advertised a cluster from a 92 f350 diesel and listed what he must have thought was the part Ford part number. I missed buying it, however he then listed one from a 97 f350 diesel and listed the same part number. I bought it but found that the part number he listed was from a plastic piece that was common to my metric cluster. I just swapped clusters and my odometer reading was 3 times what it should have been. I removed the cluster and disassembled it. There were 4 guage assemblies that simply unplugged. I had to get the outer ones to unplug before I could get the center one (speedometer) to unplug. I dissassembled my metric one and just replaced the speedometer with the one from the 97. Everything works fine except that the speedometer seems to be off by about 5%. I guess I will calculate the needed change and read up on how to make adjustments for different size tires. Thanx to all for the input.
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go to articles/specs at the top of the page and find the article on how to recalibrate the speedo.
it is not very hard to do.
here is the link:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/article/...ND_BRONCO.html
pm me if you have trouble.
it is not very hard to do.
here is the link:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/article/...ND_BRONCO.html
pm me if you have trouble.
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[QUOTE=waterkritter] I just swapped clusters and my odometer reading was 3 times what it should have been. QUOTE] That should have read " my tachometer was reading three times what it should have been"
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My US-model 92 E150 switched over to klicks after a visit to a local dealer. It went form 90k to 145k on the odo and the speedo needle is out of whack, as well.
There must be a way to switch it back, but none of the local Ford dealers have been able to figure it out.
There must be a way to switch it back, but none of the local Ford dealers have been able to figure it out.