adding extra gauges including tach
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I bought a cluster off Ebay for around $100 from a 96 F150 and installed it in my 96 F250 7.5L MAF/OBD2 truck. I took both clusters apart and removed my original speedometer and transplanted it into the tachometer cluster. I don't have many local yards out here in CA, so my only real option was buying it online. It was worth the money to me. I know people said if you had a 96, get a 96 cluster. So that's what I did and it worked just fine. I'd try to find a 1997 cluster and if you can't find that, look for one from a 1996.
In regards to where the mileage is stored, it's kept in the speedometer/odometer module which is part of the cluster.
In regards to where the mileage is stored, it's kept in the speedometer/odometer module which is part of the cluster.
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Good info about the mileage being stored in the cluster. So Tom you'll be needing to swap the speedometer/odometer module into the new cluster with the tach if you want to keep your mileage true. I think that the walkthrough I linked to earlier accounts for this.
-Chris
-Chris
Last edited by Skandocious; Apr 30, 2007 at 08:48 PM.
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Originally Posted by Skandocious
Good info about the mileage being stored in the cluster. So Tom you'll be needing to swap the speedometer/odometer module into the new cluster with the tach if you want to keep your mileage true. I think that the walkthrough I linked to earlier accounts for this.
-Chris
-Chris
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On my 92 cluster swap I had to pull my old speedo and put it in the new cluster for the mileage. I have the digital odometer too. It's in that write-up and very easy to do in my years.......Your 97 and up.....I don't know.
I was going to add a tach in an A pillar mount till I found out how easy it was to swap the cluster.
Good Luck.
I was going to add a tach in an A pillar mount till I found out how easy it was to swap the cluster.
Good Luck.
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