Trip meter reset and welded frame
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Trip meter reset and welded frame
Hi all again. I just had two quick questions... Does anyone know what problems to look for when my trip meter resets itself? If I reset it to 0 at a fuel station, randomly it will reset later such as 100 miles later or 50 miles later. Is my cluster shot or is there a known issue?? And my second question is, do the factory frames have any welds on them? I had a very nice looking weld going down vertically on the frame as if a new front portion was sectioned in right below the front of the cab... Is this factory or an accident reconstruction? Thanks for any insight!
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Ahh I see... I was going to say, whoever welded it did a really fine job... Very relieved to know it is factory... Truck is a CCLB..I should have specified. As for the trip meter, I guess I shouldn't trust it... May explain my not so hot fuel mileage... Then again heavy loading doesn't help much either.... Thanks again for the quick responses!
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X-Cab Long Box, and I have the same welds on mine. Boy am I glad that you guys are talking about this. I noticed mine about a month ago, and I was worried that I had a rebuilt truck. That really puts my mind at ease.
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Have you noticed anything else squirrelly with the cluster? The trip odometer is held in volatile memory, so if you disconnect the batts, it will dump. Mine dumped randomly when I had a grounding issue with an add-on accessory (I think it was putting a noise spike on the electrical system). It was causing the PCM to lose its mind, and accordingly lost the trip odometer occasionally. Once I grounded it properly, no more problems.
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Well I unplugged the cluster once but that was a while ago... when i plugged it back in, it dinged at me a few times for no reason... Everything else is good... Is the mileage on the odo and trip meter controlled by the pcm? Meaning do i need to reprogram the cluster for my odo reading if I end up replacing it?? Ford wants big $$$$ for a new cluster...
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