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Need Tach in my B2


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I am doing an 4.0L engine swap into my manual 86 B2. The B2 did not come with a tach which I can't understand since it was a manual trans. I have the doner 93 explorer that has a tach. Will the explorer cluster fit into the 86 B2
 


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You have to change the whole dash I have a 93 ranger dash in my 86 B2.
 
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Just get an aftermarket. Not many trucks, manual or auto came with tachs back then. People had gotten by just find without them for 80 years before that.
 

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Well I do want to stick with the original B2 86 instrument panel. I suspect that the ranger 4.0L had a tach in around that same year? That is if I could find one.
 
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My '87 ranger and '91 ranger instrument clusters [both with tach]don't interchange, the plug in back on the right side is different [ sitting down facing dash]. They also don't fit the dash. Haven't tried but maybe the new tach can be installed in the old cluster, or other way. Then you have to do some wiring. I didn't have time or knowledge of the wiring. You could look up the pinout for the computer and do it yourself. In my book easier to install aftermarket [like adsm08 suggests]. Hope I made sense.
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If you are dead set on keeping your old dash and getting the 4.0 in, it's possible, there is gonna be a lot of wire work though.

What did you mean by the "Ranger 4.0...about the same year" part?
 

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I am going to try and find a cluster with a tach and wire it in. I will let you know the results.
 
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