'94 F250- How the hell do I remove the instrument cluster surround?
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'94 F250- How the hell do I remove the instrument cluster surround?
I'm trying to install gauges, and I want to pull the cluster surround to make them easier to install (to get at some wires and such especially).
I looked around and I cannot see how the panel around the cluster comes off...there are no exposed screws...??? I have a Chilton's and it's no help.
I looked around and I cannot see how the panel around the cluster comes off...there are no exposed screws...??? I have a Chilton's and it's no help.
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Take the headlight **** off and then the two silver strips at the bottom (they have a slot on the bottom of them to pry them off with) to expose the two screws, one on each side. Then just pop it off the top spring clips.
For more information and photos click on this link.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/article/...Or_Bronco.html
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For more information and photos click on this link.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/article/...Or_Bronco.html
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Last edited by subford; 12-26-2007 at 07:21 PM.
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Thanks for the reminder to get the same year. That might be the hardest part. I've got a couple of 'u pull it' scrap yards close by so I'll just check them periodically until I find one.
Couple of questions:
1. Is there any identification on the part that will tell me the year? Sometimes the scrap trucks aren't identified with the year.
2. I know i have to keep my current speedometer module. Can I use the same back plane (white part) and just swap in the new tach and oil/water/fuel/temp modules? I'm thinking the scrap yard will charge me more if I show up with the whole instrument cluster than they will if I just show up with the two modules.
Couple of questions:
1. Is there any identification on the part that will tell me the year? Sometimes the scrap trucks aren't identified with the year.
2. I know i have to keep my current speedometer module. Can I use the same back plane (white part) and just swap in the new tach and oil/water/fuel/temp modules? I'm thinking the scrap yard will charge me more if I show up with the whole instrument cluster than they will if I just show up with the two modules.
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I found a '95 cluster at the scrap yard yesterday and decided to give it a try in my truck (a '94). They said they'd give me my money back if it didn't work.
I saw in another forum that the 94-96 clusters might be interchangeable and the 92-93 are. Don't know if that's true but I figured it was worth a shot.
I followed these directions and it worked great. I'll drive it a while and make sure it looks ok.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/article/...Or_Bronco.html
I did have to use the back plane from the cluster with the tack. All the connections are different.
I didn't think it was going to work at first because the 4x4 lights, air bag light, and turn signal lights didn't work. Turns out they were all burned out so I just swapped some out of my old cluster.
I used an artists paint brush and vacuum cleaner to clean all the dust off of the gauges. They look 100% better.
Neither of the plastic lens covers cleaned up very good. They both have tons of swirl marks and scuffs. Cleaning this was the whole reason I started this project.
I saw in another forum that the 94-96 clusters might be interchangeable and the 92-93 are. Don't know if that's true but I figured it was worth a shot.
I followed these directions and it worked great. I'll drive it a while and make sure it looks ok.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/article/...Or_Bronco.html
I did have to use the back plane from the cluster with the tack. All the connections are different.
I didn't think it was going to work at first because the 4x4 lights, air bag light, and turn signal lights didn't work. Turns out they were all burned out so I just swapped some out of my old cluster.
I used an artists paint brush and vacuum cleaner to clean all the dust off of the gauges. They look 100% better.
Neither of the plastic lens covers cleaned up very good. They both have tons of swirl marks and scuffs. Cleaning this was the whole reason I started this project.
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