Tach

[Twister]

Could I take the factory tach from another B2 and put it in mine where the oil pressure, temp, volt meter and gas gauge goes.

 

[Twister]

Bump.

Anyone know?

 

[kimcrwbr1]

I suppose you could change the guage cluster one with a tach, if you have the wires for the cluster otherwise you need the harness also. Go aftermarket and find someplace cool to mount it.

 

[kimcrwbr1]

Maybe you could go to the bone yard and look at the options you have look at one like yours and compare it to one with a tach (harness connector).

 

[Twister]

Yeah i thought about doing that, but its hard to find B2's in the junk yards by me.

 

[kimcrwbr1]

aftermarket would be the quick fix. Maybe you can look on ebay or something

 

[Twister]

I thought about an after market one. But i kinda wanted to keep my car look as stock as i can.
If i can swap it over with out any trouble then i will go with that, but if is to difficult i will go aftermarket.

 

[adsm08]

If you can find a stock tach cluster it should be plug and play, maybe one or two wires to connect. Cluster from a Ranger will work equally well.

I know where there is an 85 B2 near me. I don't know what cluster is in it or if it works, but I'd go pull the cluster for you if you are interested. Just give me price + shipping.

I don't know if you can take a tach head and just put it in the existing cluster but I also know where there is a tach in a broken cluster.

 

[Twister]

So i can take the whole cluster and swap it in no problem, just not only the tach part?

 

[kimcrwbr1]

Thats what he said that would be cool wonder if I could do that with mine now gonna look into it

 

[necessaryevil]

when you remove your cluster take note of the wiring colors on the connectors, and ill compare them to mine

 

[88BII got it for $250]

Dont waste your money on a stock guage cluster! I tryed to do this it wont work. My 86 did not have a tach, I went to a junkyard and pulled a tach setup out of an 86. The harnesses are different. good news is now I have a spare guage cluster for my 88BII....lol

EDIT: Just so you know it wont even plug in. I had to go aftermarket, 30bucks, one wire goes to the negative on the coil, on my 86 it was green. then just a + and - for the tachs light.

 

[adsm08]

I know that some of the explorer and gen 3 guys were swapping in tach clusters. I don't know how well it works on the earlier ones.

 

[Twister]

Thanks 8BII, i was just about to go to the junk yard and get one. I guess i will have to go aftermarket then. Lame. I wanted to keep it looking stock as possible. Oh well

 

[_BEYONDER_]

you could always modify a stock guage cluster with a tach to incorporate and after market tach ( replacing the components,etc ) and wire it up. Shouldnt be to hard to make it look stock. Hope that makes sense...