my dads 05 mustang speedo broke and its stuck at 20. is there a quick fix for that or is he stuck having to get it replaced?

 

The stepper motors on the 05s go out.
Its either get replacement stepper motors off of eBay
and replace them or get a new cluster installed and
configured at the stealership.
Maybe its time to upgrade from a 2 guage to a 6 guage cluster?

And another new user here because of a problem
Welcome and come on in....

 

alright ill try those out thanks!

 

are there directions on how to replace the stepper motor? or should i just have a shop do it.

 

I did it myself. I bought it on E bay.
1. Put the steering wheel in the down most position.
2. Pull out the chrome bezels towards you.
3. Take out the four bolts holing the cluster in.
4. Un-clip the wire harness by flipping the lever.
5. Carefully pull apart the front face and back part of the cluster at the clipped areas.
6. use a paper towel and a fork to CAREFULLY pry off the needles from the gauge faces.
7. Use a hot soldering iron to melt the solder around the bad stepper motor.
8. Pull the motor out and re-solder in a new one (PIA)
9. Install in the reverse.

Oh, I take no responsibility if it doesn't work for you. It's easy to break things. Also, the needles may have to be reset when put back on. Again it's a PIA. But a hell of a lot cheaper than the stealership!

Here's a link to one of my previous posts:
https://mustangforums.com/forum/4-0l...pid-gauge.html

I ended up messing with it, replacing the motor - successfully, and the just putting in a same year GT my color 6 gauge cluster with the same mileage and no need for stealership reprogramming! I lucked out.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

 

PistolPete, let me know what you end up doing.

 

i got a new stepper motor but where do i find a new cluster at? i might just do that if all the other gauges will go out eventually too.

 

You use the old cluster and replace all the steppers at once (one per guage).
Speedo 1 stepper
Tach 1 stepper
fuel guage another stepper
water temp yet another stepper
and so on and so on....