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| hey there, prob a stupid question nut when i pull out the ef cluster is it easy to take the front see through plastic off and change the dials? does it just pop out or is it screwed in somehow??? Can someone shed some light on this before i pull my dash apart. Cheers |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| the front of the cluster is held in by 2 screws and 5 or 6 clips |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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| whats the best way to pop it out without snapping the little clips?? i dont wanna break anything and im a bit of a big guy and tend to break stuff lol |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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just be careful with it i guess.
ive pulled the cluster apart to fit dials a few times and snapped nothing. Lift each clip just enough one by one till it all pulls apart |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| ok sweet mate thanks so much for your help. im just wanting to get that boring black cluster plate off and colour it the same as my interior. ist that plate hard to get off??? or just pop out? |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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Kinda easy..get a fork to take the needles out and then the dials pop right out. The clear plastic has 2 scres and a few clips. the cluster itself is held onto the dash with 5 screws.
Do you know how to get the facia off? |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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| no i dont know anything about the dash, i just want the face plate off to re vamp it thats all. what about puting the needles back in is there anything i need t know so i dont get screwed by the pigs |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| They just go back on. Dont push to hard or it will hit the dials. I tried this when i got my mond and i broke the cluster so be extra careful! |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| ok sweet thanks guys. ill see how it goes on fri and if i have any trouble do u mind if i ask again?? |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| LOL go for it thats what the forums for. |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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just an update guys, thanks for ur help. decided to do it today. im happy with it. not the best pics but it came up great!!!!! nice easy mod.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Looks good but i thought you where changing the dials....should have gotten a mid series cluster |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah eventually i will get a high series cluster but im not good with electrics. wanted my cluster the same as the interior. but thanks for all ur help |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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| No need to be good with eletrics plug it in like you plugged that one in and your set to go. |
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| are you serious? i got told to go from a gli or futura to a high series there is re wiring to be done. are those wires already apart of the existing loom thats there?? |
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No mate high series cluster is ugly IMO but you have to re-wire to put that in your car. I said mid series wich is the ones in the Fairmonts and thats plug and play...this is the mid series cluster...im sorry my dash is stock unlike yours LOL
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| You will have to add sensers for oil presure and bat level though but who cares if it works or not it looks better than the low series ones. |
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[quote="EFFII"]No mate high series cluster is ugly IMO but you have to re-wire to put that in your car. I said mid series wich is the ones in the Fairmonts and thats plug and play...this is the mid series cluster...im sorry my dash is stock unlike yours LOL
nah mate ur car is sweet. i love the stocko ef but when i got mine the previous owner was a d**k and made a mess of the interior so i decided to do mine differnt. so the mid series is with the 2 big ones and 4 others around them ok. what are the others? battery? oil? |
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| EFFII wrote: | | No need to be good with eletrics plug it in like you plugged that one in and your set to go. |
While it is straightforward theres a little more to it
http://www.fordmods.com/forums/Changing-Instruments-d14.html
Buy a fit a new Oil Sender for the oil pressure gauge to work. If you wish to keep your original odometer reading you must swap over chips.
And you must add a resistor to the new cluster to have cluster illumination while the park lamps are on at the same time |
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[quote="Futuraclassic"] | EFFII wrote: | No mate high series cluster is ugly IMO but you have to re-wire to put that in your car. I said mid series wich is the ones in the Fairmonts and thats plug and play...this is the mid series cluster...im sorry my dash is stock unlike yours LOL
nah mate ur car is sweet. i love the stocko ef but when i got mine the previous owner was a d**k and made a mess of the interior so i decided to do mine differnt. so the mid series is with the 2 big ones and 4 others around them ok. what are the others? battery? oil? |
Yup battery and oil.
Have a read of the docco.
My work here is done 
Let us know what your gonna do. |
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