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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ctvanover
Any idea where I could maybe find one that's new or just newer looking with tach?

chris

Well the newest one you could get would be for a 1999 F-800.

The cluster is basicly identicle to our trucks but newer. Even the Printed circut is the same on most models. Starts with a E1TF part number.

However the speedometer head in the 1999 cluster is electronic. Therfore, you would have to swap out your old speedometer head, or find a way to convert your truck to the electronic one.

I was thinking about posting such a question in the 1987-96 forum and see what they would think about this possible conversion.

EDIT:

Picture of the 1981 to 1986 F-series pickup cluster. 1980 almost identical.




Picture of the circa 1994 to 1999 F-800 cluster.




Notice the simularities and the differences? Notice the electronic speedometer in the F-800 cluster.
 

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