first generation tachometer

[kmack]

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.

 

[simonsays]

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..

 

[kmack]

found a pic

 

[simonsays]

aha yeah thats what i thought.. the gauges are sill there.. just in the bottom of the tach.

 

[canyoncritter]

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.

 

[kmack]

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...

 

[baxtej44]

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...

i have an 88 xlt 4x4, and this is exactly (if i'm not mistaken on a small detail) how mine looks.


mine:

 

[kmack]

wow thats wicked.

i want that.

what kinda wiring do i need to do for the conversion?

 

[baxtej44]

wow thats wicked.

i want that.

what kinda wiring do i need to do for the conversion?

who are you talking to? sorry, just wondering.




my dash is stock btw...

 

[mjonesjr]

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

The first year of EFI was '86.

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

 

[n0xdw]

aha yeah thats what i thought.. the gauges are sill there.. just in the bottom of the tach.

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.

 

[kmack]

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. just get them to do my dirtywork.