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so i saw a picture of a first gen with a factory tach. does anyone have any info on what the swap is like if i find such a thing? i'm guessing that the other 4 guages are converted to warning lights.
 


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i have one layin around in my garage.. ican check it out.. i changed all my stuff to autometers.. but im pretty sure it had all the gauges still.. just were all smaller gauges..
 
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found a pic
 
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aha yeah thats what i thought.. the gauges are sill there.. just in the bottom of the tach.
 
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88's are a bastard year. it was the first year of the check eng light. plugs are diffrent

first year of efi 85 or 86 cant rember off hand to 87

4 banger and 6 banger are diffrent if I rember right as well.

ask the mod,"ric" I belive he swaped his out or allanD or maybe they wil chime in.
 
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i dont see the guages your talking about. i searched google for 87 rangers and this popped up. not sure if its actually an 87 but i really want a tach because i'm prone to cruising at 1000rpm. and i'm hearing this is bad for the engine...
 
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kmack said:

i dont see the guages your talking about. i searched google for 87 rangers and this popped up. not sure if its actually an 87 but i really want a tach because i'm prone to cruising at 1000rpm. and i'm hearing this is bad for the engine...
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i have an 88 xlt 4x4, and this is exactly (if i'm not mistaken on a small detail) how mine looks.


mine:
 
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wow thats wicked.

i want that.

what kinda wiring do i need to do for the conversion?
 
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wow thats wicked.

i want that.

what kinda wiring do i need to do for the conversion?
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who are you talking to? sorry, just wondering.




my dash is stock btw...
 
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first year of efi 85 or 86 cant rember off hand to 87
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The first year of EFI was '86.

I think the wiring harnesses are different from a non tach to a tach trucks.
 

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simonsays said:
aha yeah thats what i thought.. the gauges are sill there.. just in the bottom of the tach.
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You lose the oil pressure guage and the Ammeter. They are replaced with lights. Did the conversion anyway ;-)

I had to run a new wire for the Tach, and the alternator had to be wired a little differently for the light to work properly. Then i later put in the 86-88 style cluster to accommodate the check engine light and 4X4 Lo when i swapped to the 4.0. If you carefully map out your wires and study the diagrams for w and w/o guages it can be done.
 
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hah i hate wires.

think if i get a hold of the tach and take out my unit then future shop or someone could do the wiring?

i got a new deck and ripped out the old speakers and i am going to get futureshop to throw in two cheapies and do the wiring for that.:thefinger: just get them to do my dirtywork.
 
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