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Old 01-11-2017, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 2011SuperCrew
Yeah the one I bought had 4,000 miles on the cluster and I have just under 3,000 miles on my truck now so I'm itching to install
oh damn u will be happy. I know I am.
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I've read this entire thread and there is definitely some great info in here. I'm trying to go from the 2.3" just to the 4.2" and I've seen that one person was able to remove the chip from their 4.2", but couldn't get the chip out of the 8" to reinstall.


From anyone's experience, is swapping the chips an option going from the 2.3" to the 4.2"?


I'm very concerned about any mileage/hours discrepancy between the computer and the cluster, so even going to a third party where they can ballpark it to within 100km is not completely appealing to me.


Thanks!
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Originally Posted by JFM4
I've read this entire thread and there is definitely some great info in here. I'm trying to go from the 2.3" just to the 4.2" and I've seen that one person was able to remove the chip from their 4.2", but couldn't get the chip out of the 8" to reinstall.


From anyone's experience, is swapping the chips an option going from the 2.3" to the 4.2"?


I'm very concerned about any mileage/hours discrepancy between the computer and the cluster, so even going to a third party where they can ballpark it to within 100km is not completely appealing to me.


Thanks!
mines was within 14 miles after getting it corrected.
Old 01-12-2017, 05:42 PM
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Just spend a little time and do some clear math and you should be good. Track how many miles you drive/day and how many hours you drive/day, etc and work it out. I swapped my cluster when the mileage was exact (drove the last mile in circles in a parking lot). I misjudged my hours, so I'm 2 hours off on my engine hours, but my idle hours are perfect.
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Originally Posted by Speez
following a previous question that I didn't see a direct answer to - can you swap from the 2" screen to the 8"? I would guess yes. It seems 2" to 4.2" works so 2" to 8" probably does as well, just want to confirm if anyone has been able to do it
@Speez It looks like your question was lost in another conversation, but to answer your question - yes if you want you can go straight to the 8" cluster
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Has anyone found one lately? Been searching for weeks with nothing
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Originally Posted by xtremevol
Has anyone found one lately? Been searching for weeks with nothing
check out car-part.com, I just searched them and found two available - on the main page enter your search as shown (adding your Zip code)...



then select "Lariat MPH" from list...



Your results should look like this...

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Originally Posted by xtremevol
Has anyone found one lately? Been searching for weeks with nothing
found one on eBay but paid a premium for it.
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Originally Posted by Firerunner
check out car-part.com, I just searched them and found two available - on the main page enter your search as shown (adding your Zip code)...



then select "Lariat MPH" from list...



Your results should look like this...

Just sent a quote for the one that doesn't say exchange. I been searching car-part and nothing has been showing up lately. Thanks for the heads up!
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Originally Posted by xtremevol
Just sent a quote for the one that doesn't say exchange. I been searching car-part and nothing has been showing up lately. Thanks for the heads up!
i tried that quote thing too and most of them never get back to me.


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