[SM90Stanger]

Hi Everybody!

I found a great deal ($20!!!) on a 140MPH/220KPH gauge cluster out of a 1988 5.0... As I already have all of the interior out of Alice to be restored and painted I thought that this would be a perfect time to upgrade to this instrument panel (For those of you who may be cops, I will not be using the 2nd half of the speedo, it's merely just for looks[wink.wink.nudge.nudge]).

Question 1: Will this 1988 dash hook up to my 1990 2.3 harness?
Question 2: How can I roll the mileage back to 0? (FYI: I am putting in a rebuilt 2.3 turbo and would like to act as if this is a brand new car!)

Thanks Everybody,

Steve

[kilog55]

well the 140mph gauge isnt from the 88 but it should all work how different is the lay out of the 2.3? i know the tach doesnt go as high but if you cant swap out the whole cluster you can swap just the speedo and tach

[93stangfutr5.0]

tach wont work right just swap out the speedo's take the 140 out of its cluster and put it in the 85mph one that's what I did.

[SM90Stanger]

Originally Posted by 93stangfutr5.0

tach wont work right just swap out the speedo's take the 140 out of its cluster and put it in the 85mph one that's what I did.

Thanks dude,

So here's the idea... Take the both of the clusters apart, use the speedo and "background" from the 140MPH cluster and put into 2.3 cluster, roll the milage back to 000000, put back together (not all in that order).

Thanks, Steve

[SM90Stanger]

Just found out some new info on my gauge cluster. The guy has 2 of them and they are in Miles and not Kilometers... On another good note, the clear plastic covers are broken, which means that I can buy them both of him for dirt cheap! Seeing as how I live in Canada, this could potentially look cool and different!

Steve

[kilog55]

yeah you can google how to roll it back dunno if the mods want the info posted on here but it isnt hard to do practice on teh 85mph on first lol

yeah take the clusters apart and swap the whole 140 gauge in its all one piece so

[mg man 75]

Is the 90 model a airbag car? And putting in a nonairbag car. The bottom of cluster is cut out more on the air bag car cluster. If it is yes but is a pain. I did it airbag to non airbag car. Here what you do. Dismantle the 88 and remove the speedometer. Now you will have reuse all the rest including the lens. Now remove the airbag speedometer. Remove the needle. Just pulls off it is on tight. This is the scary part. Now pull the needle stop out of the front. Once removed peel easily the 140mph label. Now remove the speedometer section from the clear plastic pieces. Now do the same to the 88 speedometer. Now take the clear piece from the 88 and mount the 140 speeometer to it. Now install the 140 speedometer. You will now notice a section of the label missing at bottom left. Now cut that piece out of the old 88 label [Just a little bigger than necessar to cover the seam. Now reassemble everything. You are done. If this is confusing or question just ask. The rest is useless but could sell the tach to someone doing a 5.0 changeover from a 2.3 Maurice

[SM90Stanger]

Originally Posted by mg man 75

Is the 90 model a airbag car? And putting in a nonairbag car. The bottom of cluster is cut out more on the air bag car cluster. If it is yes but is a pain. I did it airbag to non airbag car. Here what you do. Dismantle the 88 and remove the speedometer. Now you will have reuse all the rest including the lens. Now remove the airbag speedometer. Remove the needle. Just pulls off it is on tight. This is the scary part. Now pull the needle stop out of the front. Once removed peel easily the 140mph label. Now remove the speedometer section from the clear plastic pieces. Now do the same to the 88 speedometer. Now take the clear piece from the 88 and mount the 140 speeometer to it. Now install the 140 speedometer. You will now notice a section of the label missing at bottom left. Now cut that piece out of the old 88 label [Just a little bigger than necessar to cover the seam. Now reassemble everything. You are done. If this is confusing or question just ask. The rest is useless but could sell the tach to someone doing a 5.0 changeover from a 2.3 Maurice

Thanks Maurice!

I will likely not be using the 140MPH speedo, but I will be getting my hands on it and likely just gonna sell it on ebay or to one you guys. I am trading him an instrument panel lens for the whole instrument panel. Lucky I had a few extra!

BUT... I did manage to roll the miles/kilometers back to 000000.0! I guess the details of how I did it exactly will not be released, but I do have a few pictures that you guys can get the sense of what happened. To tell you the truth, it was pretty tough. And if you are doing it for the first time, it will probably take a few hours. I still don't have it working quite right because when I turn the speedo the top odometer (the one that counts the total miles on the car) does not turn even though the input shaft going to gear does turn. I will figure it out eventually though...

Here are some pics:
P9270559-1.jpg picture by SM90Stanger - Photobucket
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P9270571.jpg picture by SM90Stanger - Photobucket
P9270570.jpg picture by SM90Stanger - Photobucket

Steve (hope i didn't break any legality rules)

In fact, is there someone who knows if rolling back the odometer on a car is illegal if you never plan on selling the car or if you are putting a brand new motor in?

[93stangfutr5.0]

Ilegal no matter what but as long as you dont list it as that just say it was replaced with an odometer that rolled over your good.