east302
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I finally got this fixed I think. My dad found a cluster from a v6 truck, it said 95 model on the rear of the cluster. I wasn’t sure it would work but I swapped it anyway and everything including the speedo seems to work properly now. Odometer has the wrong mileage now and the gauges are faded more compared to my old cluster but I’m just happy it worked. Temp still sits at 150-160, but my heat works great so I don’t know what’s up with that. My 98 with a 350 always ran dead on 210 so this is new, but I’ve heard several others say that their trucks run at 160 as well. As far as tire size goes, it’s only had 265-75-16 on it for the last 12 years.
You can swap the odometers between clusters. Unplug the motor connector, unscrew a couple of brass screws and separate the red coupler that connects to the trip odometer.
What is the engine coolant temperature sensor reporting for the coolant temperature? You'd need a scanner to read it, but I'd go with that value over the gauge on the cluster. It is the value that the computer uses.
I kind of doubt that these gauges are intended to be "that" accurate. Given the goofy scale, it's hard to tell at a glance just what it is reading.
For example, what temperature is mine reading?
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I suppose the tick halfway between 100 and 210 is 155, but then you have to stop to think just what the hell the minor marks are.
If we have to spend more than a couple of seconds figuring out what a gauge reads, I'd say that it's mainly for decoration at that point.
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