Factory Tach

[Beach66Bum]

Just went to the wreckers and got a factory tach for the old F250. I'll post pics of before and after install. The printed circuit board is the only difference if you have gauges. My truck is a 1983 and the option for a tach is plug&play. Ford was good in having the wiring in place for most of the options you would want to add that didn't come in the base trucks.

 

[Beach66Bum]

new tachometer and odometer are installed. easy upgrade that makes a big difference. check the gallery photos.

 

[Austin]

Looks nice!

 

[Fordzilla80]

It's a little more involved than you made it sound hoss. If your truck comes with idiot lights for oil and battery, then you CAN NOT add a factory tach without extensive rewiring. However if you have oil and battery gauges, then it's plug and play. Also, 1980 printed circuits are different than July 1980-1986 printed circuits, so you cannot interchange these either without some rewiring.

 

[Beach66Bum]

Looks nice!

thanks

 

[Beach66Bum]

It's a little more involved than you made it sound hoss. If your truck comes with idiot lights for oil and battery, then you CAN NOT add a factory tach without extensive rewiring. However if you have oil and battery gauges, then it's plug and play. Also, 1980 printed circuits are different than July 1980-1986 printed circuits, so you cannot interchange these either without some rewiring.

in the one picture I took of the cluster removed, it says that it will only work if you have the gauges. I've read threads where people have used a factory tach and just wired it in separately. I should have mentioned the codes for the printed circuits.E1TF-10C956 B for tach option, and E1TF-10C956 C for non tach cluster.

 

[Fordzilla80]

I consider separate wiring in the extensive rewiring category. I'm guessing you're on the other site as well?

 

[Beach66Bum]

I consider separate wiring in the extensive rewiring category. I'm guessing you're on the other site as well?

Yup. Lots of good info on both sites. It's nice to have pictures to look at when working on the old Fords. Hope mine will help someone with their swap.