Explorer Overhead Console (blue display)

RaptorRanger · 03-20-2009, 10:41 AM

Hey guys,

I just bought this console and installed it last weekend, and I was hoping it would be green and match my dash. When I wired it up, it was the blue-ish color, and was wondering if there is a way to get it closer to green to match my dash lights? I've been surfing ebay for some, and emailing sellers, and for some reason a lot of them don't freekin know what color the display is. You would think they would know this if they are selling the d@mn thing. Anyway, here is a picture of what I have now. I read that all the difference between the 2 is just the plastic lens' tint that differentiates the blue or green color?

locovaca · 03-20-2009, 12:54 PM

Different years came in different colors. Don't quote me but I believe I read somewhere that 95-98 were blue and 99-up were green...

RaptorRanger · 03-20-2009, 05:15 PM

Thanks for the info... Dewitt, Iowa huh? I am originally from Dubuque. Just graduated from Iowa State last year. Georgia is quite a bit different than the cornfields of the midwest...

locovaca · 03-20-2009, 07:45 PM

Grew up in Davenport, graduated from ISU in '04. After graduating I went to NC for 4 years, just got back to Iowa last summer. It's a small world!

RaptorRanger · 03-20-2009, 08:20 PM

CYCLONE !!!!!!!!! POWER!!!!!!!!!!!

GO STATE!!!1

RaptorRanger · 03-20-2009, 08:23 PM

Oh, so I put some of that black wire loom around the wires that go to the temp sensor.. an I went back to turn the truck on, and now it just reads "OC" for the temp... I'm pretty pissed... I wonder if it means "open circuit"??? I'll have to check the wires again... GRRR.. any ideas guys?

oldjohnny · 03-23-2009, 02:17 PM

I believe OC means that there is no Temperature sensor present or there is a short (or like you said, Open Circuit). Check your wires and make sure you didn't scrape the wires when you passed them through the firewall.

Spootnuke · 03-23-2009, 10:11 PM

To your original question, Open the console, find the L.E.D., discover its specs, and get a green one. It shouldn't be that hard.......

bnbranger · 03-26-2009, 07:37 AM

Sorry guys go HAWKS!!!!

RaptorRanger · 03-26-2009, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Sorry guys go HAWKS!!!!

We will see how you guys do in Ames this year..

lol

RaptorRanger · 03-26-2009, 06:04 PM

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To your original question, Open the console, find the L.E.D., discover its specs, and get a green one. It shouldn't be that hard.......

The only difference between them is what color the green transparent plastic is... the LED display is actually white.

RaptorRanger · 03-26-2009, 06:08 PM

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I believe OC means that there is no Temperature sensor present or there is a short (or like you said, Open Circuit). Check your wires and make sure you didn't scrape the wires when you passed them through the firewall.

Fixed the sensor... one of the wires got undone when I ran it through the wire loom...

So, I took of the blueish/aqua lens off the display, and that is all it is.. anyone have a green lens they want to trade???

03-20-2009, 10:41 AM	#1
RaptorRanger Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Fort Worth, TX Year: 1999 Make: Ford Model: Ranger Engine: 4.0L Class: 4x4 Used For: Daily Driver Posts: 41 Rep Power: 9 iTrader: (0)	Explorer Overhead Console (blue display) Hey guys, I just bought this console and installed it last weekend, and I was hoping it would be green and match my dash. When I wired it up, it was the blue-ish color, and was wondering if there is a way to get it closer to green to match my dash lights? I've been surfing ebay for some, and emailing sellers, and for some reason a lot of them don't freekin know what color the display is. You would think they would know this if they are selling the d@mn thing. Anyway, here is a picture of what I have now. I read that all the difference between the 2 is just the plastic lens' tint that differentiates the blue or green color? __________________ THROUGH THESE DOORS EXIT THE MOST AWESOME FIGHTER PLANES IN THE WORLD
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03-20-2009, 12:54 PM	#2
locovaca Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: DeWitt, IA Year: 1993 Make: Ford Model: Ranger XLT Engine: 3.0 Class: 2WD Stock Posts: 706 Rep Power: 12 iTrader: (1)	Different years came in different colors. Don't quote me but I believe I read somewhere that 95-98 were blue and 99-up were green...
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03-20-2009, 05:15 PM	#3
RaptorRanger Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Fort Worth, TX Year: 1999 Make: Ford Model: Ranger Engine: 4.0L Class: 4x4 Used For: Daily Driver Posts: 41 Rep Power: 9 iTrader: (0)	Thanks for the info... Dewitt, Iowa huh? I am originally from Dubuque. Just graduated from Iowa State last year. Georgia is quite a bit different than the cornfields of the midwest... __________________ THROUGH THESE DOORS EXIT THE MOST AWESOME FIGHTER PLANES IN THE WORLD
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03-20-2009, 07:45 PM	#4
locovaca Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: DeWitt, IA Year: 1993 Make: Ford Model: Ranger XLT Engine: 3.0 Class: 2WD Stock Posts: 706 Rep Power: 12 iTrader: (1)	Grew up in Davenport, graduated from ISU in '04. After graduating I went to NC for 4 years, just got back to Iowa last summer. It's a small world!
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03-20-2009, 08:20 PM	#5
RaptorRanger Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Fort Worth, TX Year: 1999 Make: Ford Model: Ranger Engine: 4.0L Class: 4x4 Used For: Daily Driver Posts: 41 Rep Power: 9 iTrader: (0)	CYCLONE !!!!!!!!! POWER!!!!!!!!!!! GO STATE!!!1 __________________ THROUGH THESE DOORS EXIT THE MOST AWESOME FIGHTER PLANES IN THE WORLD
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03-20-2009, 08:23 PM	#6
RaptorRanger Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Fort Worth, TX Year: 1999 Make: Ford Model: Ranger Engine: 4.0L Class: 4x4 Used For: Daily Driver Posts: 41 Rep Power: 9 iTrader: (0)	Oh, so I put some of that black wire loom around the wires that go to the temp sensor.. an I went back to turn the truck on, and now it just reads "OC" for the temp... I'm pretty pissed... I wonder if it means "open circuit"??? I'll have to check the wires again... GRRR.. any ideas guys? __________________ THROUGH THESE DOORS EXIT THE MOST AWESOME FIGHTER PLANES IN THE WORLD
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03-23-2009, 02:17 PM	#7
oldjohnny Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Brazos Valley, TX Year: 1995 Make: Ford Model: Ranger 4 Banger Engine: 2.3L Class: 2WD Used For: Daily Commute Posts: 341 Rep Power: 9 iTrader: (1)	I believe OC means that there is no Temperature sensor present or there is a short (or like you said, Open Circuit). Check your wires and make sure you didn't scrape the wires when you passed them through the firewall.
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03-23-2009, 10:11 PM	#8
Spootnuke Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Virginia Year: 1998 Make: Mazda Model: B3000 SE Engine: V6 Class: 4x4 Used For: Work, Beating Ricers, and Running through whatever to reach somewhere the others can't get to. Posts: 64 Rep Power: 9 iTrader: (0)	To your original question, Open the console, find the L.E.D., discover its specs, and get a green one. It shouldn't be that hard.......
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03-26-2009, 07:37 AM	#9
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