Speedometer ?
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Speedometer ?
This May Sound Silly, But How Do You Set Up An After Market Speedometer To Read Right. I Have A 90 F150 I Am Building A New Instrument Cluster For, Because The Ford Factory Gauges Are A Joke, But I Have To Replace The Speedo And I Have Never Installed One Aftermarket, Because Im Sure You Couldnt Just Plug It Up And It Know Your Vehicle. And Any Input On Gauges Would Help To As I Havent Bought Them Yet.
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Originally Posted by bumper.45acp
Because The Ford Factory Gauges Are A Joke
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You just got to figure out if you want to go mechanical, with a cable which is stock. Or if you want to go with the new fangled electronic, then you will have to install a sending unit where the cable plugs into the trans and run wires to the guage.
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or get one of those wind gauge kind! they not only look neat but aren't accurate worth a crap while driving through a hurrican!!! haha
My stock gauge is way off too no clue how to fix it... i just drive with everyone else
My stock gauge is way off too no clue how to fix it... i just drive with everyone else
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My speedo cable was sticking in my mustang, the long tubes hit the cable and melted it, whoops didnt notice. It was stuck at like 50 when I was sitting at a light, finally fixed it with a new cable. If its electronic it could be alot of things.
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My 95 F350 is cable so im guessing yours is. Id pull the guage 1 day and see if the cable is free or not, maybe spray some pb down the cable to temp lube it and see if it spins the right speed. With 36's im off by like 3mph. So unless you got some 44's, and gears yours should be good. On my mustang speedo when I was changing it from the lame 85mph to the frpp 160mph one, you could hold the back where the cable spins and move the pointed, it wasnt sitting on 0mph lol.
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All The Electronics Are Gone It Has A Carbed 460 In It Now. IVE GOT ALOT TO FINISH UP ON THE TRUCK AND I HAVENT EVEN GOT THE TRANS IN IT YET, YOU KNOW HOW PROJECTS GO, LOL. BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE SPEEDO CAUSE I NEED IT TO BE PRETTY ACCURATE CAUSE SPEEDING TICKETS GET EXPENSIVE, AND ITS HARD TO KEEP MY FOOT OUT OF A BIG BLOCK, LOL.
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Originally Posted by 95F350XL
My 95 F350 is cable so im guessing yours is.
Maybe it was only the 1/2 tons.