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Ok so today I put an 01 Mazda b series cluster in my 95 ranger. I have 2 obvious issues. My tach is not reading properly which I'm assuming is because the cluster is from a v6 and mine is 4cyl. Also my temp gauge is staying at 3/4 of the way up the gauge. Any help is greatly appreciated
 


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You are right about the tach issue. The temp gauge is probably from a different ohm range on the senders between the two years.
 

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Ok so as far as fixes? And if I put a different cooling temp sensor with the right ohm range will it fux with the computer response?
 

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Changing the temperature sensor shouldn't have any effect on the computer since there are separate sensors for gauge and computer.

This is from the 99 wiring diagram, but I think it will apply to yours. The 6 cyl tach has a black/yellow wire connected to C216 pin 8 on the cluster. Remove it to work with 4 cyl. Don't worry too much about the left over wire, it is just a ground.

I just realized you are talking about a 4 cyl truck with a 6 cyl tach. The info I gave is for the other way around. OOOOOOOOOPS
 
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Ok so I need to add the black/yellow wire? And ground it out?
 

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Well I've been doing some tinkering and have found a yellow "knob" on the back of my tach which adjusts its...sensitivity?(for lack of better terminology) and with it turned all the way to one side I can not rev above 3k however with it all the way to the other side I can get up to the othe side I can get to about 4800 before I "bounce". With an aftermarket tach wired up I found that my idle is about right however as I rev up the stock one still goes slower than my aftermarket one does this little "knob" have any more adjustability or is there still more that I have to do? And if you have a pic or link to that wiring diagram it would be more than appreciated. Thank you for the help so far btw
 
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