Gauge cluster swap

[pigpen]

Hello, first time post.
I just bought an 88 2.3 4x4. manual
I was told that the engine had been swapped.
I believe this to be true by all the stuff thats not hooked and some electrical gremlins.
The tach and speedo were both missing their needles. ???
The only indicator lights working were seatbelt and the two on bottom. Oil and engine maybe?
Anyway, I went to the jy and pulled the cluster from an 88 Bronco II.
The speedo seems to be close to my GPS. (it has 31 inch tires.)

The tach idles at about 0 and it sounds like its tached up to shift at about 1000.

Fuel gauge doesn't work. (not surprised)
Temp stays close to the bottom most of the time but does rise a little at long stops.
And the only indicator light is the seatbelt. (could be bulbs)

Am I missing something on the tach did I pull the wrong one?
I wasn't sure exactly where to post this so sorry in advance if its in the wrong section.

Thanks for the great site.

 

[Robert_1967]

Awhile back, my tach showed I was idiling at -200rpm, and at 55 in 5th would only turn 1400, then only 1000, I went to a JY, pulled a cluster, got home and installed it, when I took the "old" one out, the needle fell off the post, well I went and installed the "new" one, and the same problem but at diffrent rpm's, and also both fuel gauges still show "empty", I took the plastic lens off the "old" one and had to superglue the back of the needle back togather, then put it back on at "0" rpm, it's back to working like it's suppose to.

I now have a cluster sitting in the garage, I did use the buld out of it to replace the blown ones in the "old" cluster.

hope this helps you.

Robert

 

[pigpen]

Sounds like I might need to look at the needle.
I wonder if this is common?

 

[pigpen]

It was not the needle.
Could it be something else?
Should the Ranger and Bronco tach interchange?

 

[Robert_1967]

if you have the old cluster still, try putting the needles on it and see what happens, with the engine off, put the needle on "0" and then start the truck.

 

[Robert_1967]

I just thought of something, the one you pulled from a Bronco II might have had a v6 in it, that would throw the thing off, or I think it would.

 

[pigpen]

Yeah it did have a V6.
I'm going to try and swap needles when I get a chance and see what happens.
Thanks

 

[Bryan22]

probably should have a look at all the wiring that's not hooked up before blaming the cluster.