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1st off the truck is a 83 2wd ranger, i swapped in a 2.3 turbo from a 87 xr4ti.
Recently i swapped in a 87 ranger tach cluster also.
The coolant temp gauge needle is just vibrating at a fast rate on the lower end of the temp i.e. cold.
Now I'm almost 100% positive i repined the new tach cluster gauge correctly as everything works correctly as it would if it was a stock piece.
I can't remember but i assume the coolant temp SENSOR for the gauge (i.e. the one on the engine is from the xr4ti and not the 83 ranger)
I know ford had some different sensors for dummy lights clusters compared to clusters with actual gauges in the 80s. Im not sure if thats the case or not.
So do think the actual gauge on the cluster is bad,the sensor on the engine is bad,the sensor on the engine is incorrect or something else?
Also i never really had the stock 83 cluster hooked up or looked at it much since i did the 2.3 turbo swap,so I'm not sure if it worked with the stock 83 cluster and i don't drive the truck much as its kind of my low budget spare project as i have other projects going on too.
Recently i swapped in a 87 ranger tach cluster also.
The coolant temp gauge needle is just vibrating at a fast rate on the lower end of the temp i.e. cold.
Now I'm almost 100% positive i repined the new tach cluster gauge correctly as everything works correctly as it would if it was a stock piece.
I can't remember but i assume the coolant temp SENSOR for the gauge (i.e. the one on the engine is from the xr4ti and not the 83 ranger)
I know ford had some different sensors for dummy lights clusters compared to clusters with actual gauges in the 80s. Im not sure if thats the case or not.
So do think the actual gauge on the cluster is bad,the sensor on the engine is bad,the sensor on the engine is incorrect or something else?
Also i never really had the stock 83 cluster hooked up or looked at it much since i did the 2.3 turbo swap,so I'm not sure if it worked with the stock 83 cluster and i don't drive the truck much as its kind of my low budget spare project as i have other projects going on too.
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