Cluster swap, high temp readings?

[Vexy]

I did a gauge cluster swap in my 96 B-4000 with a newer explorer cluster. Everything went well, except for there being a problem with the temp gauge reading. It works its way all the way up to the red line. I know for a fact that my truck is not overheating because my factory cluster did not do this. Any ideas? I did a quick google search and did not find an answer. Thanks.

 

[Vexy]

Okay, first off, I realized this was posted in the wrong section.
Now, after more searching, I found that it may be necessary for me to swap the chip from my factory cluster to the explorer cluster.

 

[Snoranger]

Ihad the same problem in my '95 Ex. My solution was to swap in an '01 SOHC.


Seriously, a newer sender would solve your problem.

 

[Vexy]

Ihad the same problem in my '95 Ex. My solution was to swap in an '01 SOHC.


Seriously, a newer sender would solve your problem.

Sender, as in a coolant sensor from a newer explorer? Sorry, I am a bit new to this.

 

[Snoranger]

Sender, as in a coolant sensor from a newer explorer? Sorry, I am a bit new to this.

Yup.

I'll see if I can find the list of sensors I had when I did my swap.

 

[Retroboy1989]

The older 95-97 Rangers had a resistor built into the gauge in the cluster. The newer trucks do not. You have keep your old gauge mechanism behind the face of your new cluster. I hear it is an easy job to swap the internals for the temp gauge. I will be doing this exact thing later this week. I will let you know how it goes.

 

[Vexy]

The older 95-97 Rangers had a resistor built into the gauge in the cluster. The newer trucks do not. You have keep your old gauge mechanism behind the face of your new cluster. I hear it is an easy job to swap the internals for the temp gauge. I will be doing this exact thing later this week. I will let you know how it goes.

Thanks for shedding some light on this situation. I've gotten a lot of mixed solutions so it is a bit confusing now, but yours does make sense.

 

[Retroboy1989]

Thanks for shedding some light on this situation. I've gotten a lot of mixed solutions so it is a bit confusing now, but yours does make sense.

I just swapped an 03 cluster into my 1996 last ngiht. I swapped the temperature gauge like I mentioned in the above post. It seems to be working ok for me now.

This is the correct solution. Swap the gauge internals.

 

[Snoranger]

I just swapped an 03 cluster into my 1996 last ngiht. I swapped the temperature gauge like I mentioned in the above post. It seems to be working ok for me now.

This is the correct solution. Swap the gauge internals.

The correct solution is to match the gauge to the sender. It doesnt matter if you use an older or newer gauge.... just use the right sender for it.

 

[Hyper]

I got a 5.0 swap ranger and using the ranger cluster with explorer motor, the temp gauge shows cold at first but goes hot very fast which is werid, i have to use explorer senders because ranger senders are push on and clipped inplace and explorers thread in