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Nov 9, 2009 | 08:21 PM

Eddiec1564

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Oil gauge fix

Here's some info about fixing the oil gauge to be a real gauge and not a idiot gauge!

Ford Oil Pressure Gauge Fix

Nov 9, 2009 | 08:31 PM

quicklook2

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i think fte has a how to do it in the tech section.

Nov 9, 2009 | 08:45 PM

DBGrif91

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I lost interest after reading this fix doesn't work for 90's model pickups. Otherwise it was useful up to that point...

Nov 10, 2009 | 05:00 AM

EPNCSU2006

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DBGrif, you could check the back of the cluster and if the resistor is visible, this fix should still be valid.

Nov 10, 2009 | 09:12 AM

DBGrif91

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Originally Posted by EPNCSU2006

DBGrif, you could check the back of the cluster and if the resistor is visible, this fix should still be valid.

Thanks for the tip- I suppose I can do that when I get the chance to work on my truck again- we recently moved and it's just been one thing after the other- the old pick 'em up truck has had to wait for a few things.

Nov 10, 2009 | 02:47 PM

lmd91343

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It's easy. Even I could do it!

I bought an instrument bucket with a tach to replace my non-tach bucket. The bucket did not have a resistor on the board. I think it was from an '87. I popped it in my '89 and the gauge displayed max pressure. As soon as I put in a pressure sender from an '87 it worked like a regular pressure gauge.

I think the cutover was between '87 and '88. The '87 bucket had no resistor, My '89 did and so did a '91 bucket I bought. The pressure sender I bought for an '87 is full range. My '89 is only on/off.

Nov 10, 2009 | 04:04 PM

Eddiec1564

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I know on a 94 F150 that resistor is there. I just swapped a 94 cluster with tach in to my 95 E350 bus, I wired it up so I can short out that resistor without taking the cluster back out. With it shorted, the guage will read high like Imd91343 said. I think 97 is when they changed things again and that resistor mod won't work?????