Cluster swap wiring question, help needed

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Cluster swap wiring question, help needed

Reply #15 – April 10, 2006, 11:50:42 PM

Yes, they go to the same circuit (ignition feed). If you have the full digital there's a third light blue/pink wire from the ECM (fuel flow signal for tripminder)

Cluster swap wiring question, help needed

Reply #16 – April 11, 2006, 01:02:33 AM

From my own experiance, and my mistake. You should right down what colors go where on the old connectors. (too late this time) My car being an 88, and i'm starting to think it was one of the last ones made; only about half of the wires matched up to carmens diagrams. I had to go through with a multi meter and probe a few of the wires. My turn signal wires, high beam indicator and a few others didn't match. Those are the easy ones to find. My inputs for my guages did match up though.

Cluster swap wiring question, help needed

Reply #17 – April 11, 2006, 09:19:16 AM

Quote from: CougarSE

From my own experiance, and my mistake. You should right down what colors go where on the old connectors. (too late this time) My car being an 88, and i'm starting to think it was one of the last ones made; only about half of the wires matched up to carmens diagrams. I had to go through with a multi meter and probe a few of the wires. My turn signal wires, high beam indicator and a few others didn't match. Those are the easy ones to find. My inputs for my guages did match up though.

When it comes to anything on these cars, the wire's position in the plug is far more important than the color of the wires. Ford was many things in the 80's - consistent was not one of them. The EVTM may tell you to look for a blue wire, but the wire might be red on the car. However, if the EVTM tells you to look for a wire in terminal 6, that wire will be in terminal 6. It might not be the right color, but it'll be there. I found this out when doing my tripminder instalation

Cluster swap wiring question, help needed

Reply #18 – April 11, 2006, 10:00:44 AM

Yeah...what Carm said.

That's also why I put down circuit numbers in my instructions: to show that the wiring color may change, but the circuit number won't. The only way it could is if Ford changed the flexible circuit board on the back of the cluster...which they easily could have, but I've not found that to be the case. Therefore, follow the circuit numbers and you'll be alright in most situations.

Cluster swap wiring question, help needed

Reply #19 – April 11, 2006, 11:59:14 AM

Thanks for the help guys, i really appreciate it. As you can see from the attched pics that it will be a little while before I can see how it works.

Cluster swap wiring question, help needed

Reply #20 – April 11, 2006, 12:10:21 PM

Here are a couple of more pics...She is going in for the paint/bodywork at the end of April:D . Engine has been complete for a while and the tranny is in getting rebuilt as i write this. The car only had 85000km(50k miles) on it when i got it and the interior was literally mint. It just sat since late 1993 and never moved in 13 or so years. My baby!

Cluster swap wiring question, help needed

Reply #21 – April 11, 2006, 12:20:56 PM

Hey buddy your cruise control servo is showing...:D

Cluster swap wiring question, help needed

Reply #22 – April 11, 2006, 12:24:53 PM

oops sorry thanks:tetas:

Cluster swap wiring question, help needed

Reply #23 – April 11, 2006, 07:59:53 PM

I just got a quick question about your interior..:
Did it come in grey, like pictured, or did you swap it? I've never seen a Base/LX "bird with grey interior, and maroon ext.
TC, yes, but not the other models...

Looks like you're makin progress, too, but with not engine, how ya gonna test your new cluster?? lol

Cluster swap wiring question, help needed

Reply #24 – April 11, 2006, 08:55:41 PM

Never mind.

Cluster swap wiring question, help needed

Reply #25 – April 11, 2006, 09:41:40 PM

The interior is grey from the factory, the only thing i have replaced in the interior is the carpet(factory color) thats in it temporarily, just checking fit and I am going to take it out when it goes for paint. I have had a few coments about the interior... it has grey dual power seats w/power recline etc, as well as grey everything else. The pics of the seats dont do any justice as they are like brand new just need a bit of a shampooing.

Cluster swap wiring question, help needed

Reply #26 – April 11, 2006, 11:09:12 PM

Power recline seats, nice.

Cluster swap wiring question, help needed

Reply #27 – April 12, 2006, 11:24:08 AM

no cracks in dash, nicer.

Cluster swap wiring question, help needed

Reply #28 – April 18, 2012, 10:04:11 PM

Finding this info, all over again, 6 years later...nicest.

Will come in handy tomorrow.