Digital Instrument Cluster?
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Digital Instrument Cluster?
Looking at JBG, I came across a Digital Instrument Cluster for the Early Broncos.
Gauges Included on the display replace those on your OEM analog unit: speedometer, odometer, fuel level, oil pressure, water temperature, and volts, high-beam and turn signal indicators.
Theres many more feauters to it but the coolest one I think is the Programmable Speedometer. All you need is a marked-off mile (such as the "speedometer check" signs found along some highways), and the speedometer is automatically calibrated. This makes it extremely easy to adjust your speedometer for different gear ratios, tire sizes, even the difference between new or worn tires!.
Thats for the Early Bronco. Does anyone know if they make something like that for other years??? Im thinking, I like to drive around town on smaller size radial tire, but put larger mud tires when I go run trails or mudding, and would like to have a accurate speedometer while driving there so I don't get a speeding ticket. Plus all the other gauges it comes with would be great to have as well.
"If women wear "mud masks" on their face to look good, doesn't it make since to cover your truck in mud?"
Gauges Included on the display replace those on your OEM analog unit: speedometer, odometer, fuel level, oil pressure, water temperature, and volts, high-beam and turn signal indicators.
Theres many more feauters to it but the coolest one I think is the Programmable Speedometer. All you need is a marked-off mile (such as the "speedometer check" signs found along some highways), and the speedometer is automatically calibrated. This makes it extremely easy to adjust your speedometer for different gear ratios, tire sizes, even the difference between new or worn tires!.
Thats for the Early Bronco. Does anyone know if they make something like that for other years??? Im thinking, I like to drive around town on smaller size radial tire, but put larger mud tires when I go run trails or mudding, and would like to have a accurate speedometer while driving there so I don't get a speeding ticket. Plus all the other gauges it comes with would be great to have as well.
"If women wear "mud masks" on their face to look good, doesn't it make since to cover your truck in mud?"
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I know exactly what piece fo equipment you are talking about. A friend of mine has an early Bronco with that setup in it. It is a really cool way to reset for changing tire sizes etc.. Unfortunately, I don't know of any one making this for the big Bronco. Some enterprising individual might figure out how to convert that little piece of digital wizardry and make a lot of big Bronco owners very happy.
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I put a '92-96 PSOM in my truck, and I love it. The catch is that you have to have an '87-96 rear axle for it to get the vehicle speed signal from.
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 01-14-03 AT 00:38 AM (EST)]Steve, the 92-96 PSOM is a great idea but isn't it true that those will only accept a reprogram six times before they digitally lock themselves out? If I'm wrong then, yeah that would be the way to go. But as I always understood it, once you reprogrammed for the sixth time, thats it...buy a new one. The one for the early Bronco can be reprogrammed as often as necessary which would be nice in the event of using more highway-worthy tires when you aren't doing the serious off-road type stuff and vice-versa.
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Yes, 6. But how often would you have to reprogram it? If you're swapping to mudders for the weekend, you're not gonna be going 80mph anyway, so who cares if the speedo is off for a couple of days at a time? Just set it for your highway tires and leave it. That way, you can go thru 5 sets of highway tires (~300Kmi) before you have to get another ~$50 junkyard PSOM. 
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Fair enough. I would only concern myself with the speedo when the off-road tires were on considering the distance one must sometimes travel from campground or trailer loading site to the actual trail or ORV park. Would hate to get stopped by some local rural sheriff just lookin' to bust those annoyin four wheelers. But then I am never in any great rush when running through some part of the world I'm not familiar with anyway.
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In that situation, you could EASILY learn the difference in the speedo for the off-road tires and correct yourself each time you had them on.
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Hey, Steve83
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Digital Instrument Cluster?
alright steve83, Can i grab the gauge cluster out of any 92-96 pickup or bronco? How diffucult are the electrical connections to change? Since i have an eddie bauer its got the tack in the dash. Do you think its possible to change alll the gauges over, so that they all look the same, tach,speedo,volt,oil,gas,temp? Also, how do you get the speedo to reset? and then configured. Nice job on the truck by the way. Lots of work, nice job though. Hope you've got some ideas.
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I designed & built it at home with a pair of tin snips. It's just some thin sheet metal cut & bent to shape, and screwed to the ceiling. Then a second piece is fitted over it to cover the bottom, and it's wrapped in 1/8" upholstery foam & duck canvas using 3M spray adhesive. It's held up fine for ~2 years.
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I can't say for sure that a PSOM will fit as easily into an '87-91 cluster as it did in my '80-86 cluster, but you should be able to come up with something that works. The electrical connections were the easiest part, but your cluster ALREADY uses that type of gauge, so the PSOM is certainly the only thing worth changing on yours. If you have an auto, you may have more trouble, but I can't say for sure. If you decide to try it, let me know - I have a few spare '92-96 clusters and usually a loose PSOM.
http://www.webphotos.com/list_photos.asp?mi=3&smi=1&a=13181
I designed & built it at home with a pair of tin snips. It's just some thin sheet metal cut & bent to shape, and screwed to the ceiling. Then a second piece is fitted over it to cover the bottom, and it's wrapped in 1/8" upholstery foam & duck canvas using 3M spray adhesive. It's held up fine for ~2 years.
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I can't say for sure that a PSOM will fit as easily into an '87-91 cluster as it did in my '80-86 cluster, but you should be able to come up with something that works. The electrical connections were the easiest part, but your cluster ALREADY uses that type of gauge, so the PSOM is certainly the only thing worth changing on yours. If you have an auto, you may have more trouble, but I can't say for sure. If you decide to try it, let me know - I have a few spare '92-96 clusters and usually a loose PSOM.
http://www.webphotos.com/list_photos.asp?mi=3&smi=1&a=13181
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