Explanation: I own a 1998 F-150, and one of the things I have done, as many have done in the past, is install the overhead console that was available in later model years of this generation. Now, here is my progress on it:

The console is physically installed, I have pulled apart a donor harness that came from the same truck as the donor console, I have extracted the wires that ran from the console to the connector and made a new loom from it that connects to my trucks stock cabin connector (See images below) I also labeled the colors and their functions on the same loom.

As this is a custom pinout, I'm not too worried about factory compatibility with the dash. I'm running new wires under the dash for this anyway. My thing is I am trying to make sure I do this properly as I can, as my ultimate goal is to make this as factory spec as possible without rewiring my truck to do this. I have a chart made up (I used GPT to create the chart, but I inputted the data myself for it, so it's not GPT's research) of possible locations where to terminate the wires, but I was hoping that I could get your guys' input on this. Here is the chart:


I am not particularly sure about a few of them, as I cannot afford the actual book that would tell me this, on top of my ability to read said books and not understand crap anyway. Particularly, my concern is with pin 3's termination point for the concern of signal issues for the speedometer, as well as 5 and 6, as I am not sure what exactly those go into; it's not the fuse box, it's something else.

 

Man, I wanna see this work for you.

Is this console from an Expedition? I know those had a miles to empty function, or so I believe. That’s the only reason I’d believe the VSS figures into that. My ‘03 doesn’t have that function. Compass and outside temp.

As far as the temp sensor, that is behind the grille if I remember correctly. I have no idea where that harness runs, really. Your truck would not have had that, of course.

 

I wish there was just some way for that big a spot to hold more than 1 pair of sunglasses. Wonder why it never occurred to the factory that if was a good place to stow the Owner's Manual?

 

Consoles electronics suck. They fail. The compass is stupid and eventually fails. Outside air temperature is okay but unnecessary.

 

The console is out of a 01' F150 actually. They all have this as its necessary for factoring in windchill so that the readout is accurate to the actual outside temperature.

 

Wouldn’t have guessed that. Wind chill in the Houston area? Surely you jest!

I won’t say the compass is stupid necessarily, but I admittedly didn’t look at it nearly as much once the radio got updated to something I could use the phone with on the road. Maybe it’s “so yesterday”.