Instrument cluster swap

[Jeffrey Falkner]

Does anyone know or has anyone ever swapped the instrument cluster from a like year f150 truck to the expedition? The truck has the additional gauges that would be great to have, i.e.. trans temp. Not sure if this is in another topic, did a quick search and didn't really find anything. Sorry if this is a repost.

 

[ExpeditionAndy]

Does anyone know or has anyone ever swapped the instrument cluster from a like year f150 truck to the expedition? The truck has the additional gauges that would be great to have, i.e.. trans temp. Not sure if this is in another topic, did a quick search and didn't really find anything. Sorry if this is a repost.

I've not heard of anyone doing that but with time and patience anything is possible. The trick will be whether or not you have the sensors to connect to the instrument panel. I'm not sure if the connectors will be the same or if you will have to rewire them.

 

[Adieu]

Wouldnt an android headunit with bluetooth OBD software be a better & cheaper solution??

 

[ExpeditionAndy]

Wouldnt an android headunit with bluetooth OBD software be a better & cheaper solution??

He's talking speedo cluster.

 

[gixer2000]

He's talking speedo cluster.

Yeah but with certain android apps you can mirror cast all the info to a head unit that supports it. Could be cheaper either way but someone would have to dig through schematics or just try to plug one in and aee if the extra info is available

 

[ExpeditionAndy]

Oh, sorry, I didn't realize you could do that. You learn something new every day.

 

[JExpedition07]

What I hate about our clusters is that the oil pressure is just a switch that doesn’t show true pressure and I believe it’s the same with engine temp. I.E it won’t tell you it’s high until an overheat condition happens.

 

[Bedrck47]

What I hate about our clusters is that the oil pressure is just a switch that doesn’t show true pressure and I believe it’s the same with engine temp. I.E it won’t tell you it’s high until an overheat condition happens.

You are correct about the oil pressure sensor Its just a switch
However the engine temp or Cylinder Head Sensor is a sensor that as the temp changes so does the signal it sends to the PCM which in turn gives a temp reading on the gauge

 

[Adieu]

Oh, sorry, I didn't realize you could do that. You learn something new every day.

Yep, Torque for Android can have a custom screen with gauges for any reading that the OBD can scan



You have to customize it a bit to add one for tranny temps, though, at least the free Torque Lite version... but it does have the option afaik

 

[Jeffrey Falkner]

I have a cheap tablet that I run in the SUV now for the temps that I want to monitor.. I was just more curious if anyone had done this and what it would take...

Thanks for all the input.