Tachometer?
#1
Pretty Quick Learner
Thread Starter
Tachometer?
Have a 85 F-150 300 straight 6 4spd.
The instrument cluster has no Tachometer and I want to put one in.
Any ideas on a cheap one that I can either mount on the steering column or screw right in front of the dash?
The instrument cluster has no Tachometer and I want to put one in.
Any ideas on a cheap one that I can either mount on the steering column or screw right in front of the dash?
#2
Senior
If there is a U-Pull-it near you you can install an OEM one if they have one on the yard to pull from. All you need it the tac and the plastic wiring sheet off the back of the cluster. Pull your cluster remove the plastic sheet, the dummy tac, install the tac, install the replacement wiring sheet reinstall the cluster. It should be "plug and play" with those two parts installed
Hope this helps
Hope this helps
#4
Tachometers for 7th gen trucks were an option regardless of transmission option. A particular dealer's sales history determined how vehicles were ordered given their region's sales numbers. To this day, factory reps meet with dealer principles quarterly, to review sales history within a particular region. Automatic transmission equipped vehicles were not candidates for tachometers, by the sales numbers. On the flip side of that, manual transmission equipped trucks were more inclined to have a tach, given shift points at certain RPM's for fuel economy reasons.
Last edited by 84ordF150; 05-29-2016 at 04:47 PM.
#5
Do you need the tachometer for manual shift points or......."Just to have a Tach" ?
#6
Pretty Quick Learner
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Basically just to have a tach. So I don't want a pricey one. If I can find a cluster that's not for a automatic I'll take it otherwise there's so many options online and I'm just not sure. The ones I have seen either screw into the column or you cut a whole in your dash.
Is a 85 considered 7th gen?
Is a 85 considered 7th gen?
#7
Basically just to have a tach. So I don't want a pricey one. If I can find a cluster that's not for a automatic I'll take it otherwise there's so many options online and I'm just not sure. The ones I have seen either screw into the column or you cut a whole in your dash.
Is a 85 considered 7th gen?
Is a 85 considered 7th gen?
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#8
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And the tach and plastic wiring from a 1981-1985 Bronco, f150, and f250 I know will fit. My tach is from a '83 f250 and the plastic is from a '81 Bronco (until I broke it changing a bulb with my fat hands).
Hope this helps
Hope this helps
Last edited by GhostriderI; 06-03-2016 at 09:59 PM.
#9
Basically just to have a tach. So I don't want a pricey one. If I can find a cluster that's not for a automatic I'll take it otherwise there's so many options online and I'm just not sure. The ones I have seen either screw into the column or you cut a whole in your dash.
Is a 85 considered 7th gen?
Is a 85 considered 7th gen?
#10
Senior Member
I have never had an issue with Sunpro. I have had probably like 30-40 of them on various cars and trucks.
The is the 3 3/8" version. Worth the money and comes with everything you need to install it.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sun-cp7901/overview/
In my 67 Tempest, I wanted a hood tach. But the POntiac or aftermarket versions are very expensive and the instructions come with a tissue paper, (YES! tissue paper) template. So I did not want to drill either of the two hoods I have for the car. So I used a Sunpro tach and strapped it on the the wiper fascia. A lot of people say its stupid, until they sit in the car and cant take there eyes off of it. It is better than in hood tach, as the light can be changed to LED, which I did and its higher, more of a "heads up" style.
The is the 3 3/8" version. Worth the money and comes with everything you need to install it.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sun-cp7901/overview/
In my 67 Tempest, I wanted a hood tach. But the POntiac or aftermarket versions are very expensive and the instructions come with a tissue paper, (YES! tissue paper) template. So I did not want to drill either of the two hoods I have for the car. So I used a Sunpro tach and strapped it on the the wiper fascia. A lot of people say its stupid, until they sit in the car and cant take there eyes off of it. It is better than in hood tach, as the light can be changed to LED, which I did and its higher, more of a "heads up" style.