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Old May 26, 2009 | 05:26 PM
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Question Instrument panel question

What would cause an instrument panel to not display the fuel, oil pressure,temp,and battery readings? also the tach jumps and the speed is off by 5mph. Could the panel be bad?
Old May 27, 2009 | 10:34 AM
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Loose wiring, bad sensors, broken ground, bad cluster
Old May 27, 2009 | 12:43 PM
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Hi,

Is the CEL on?

You could try grounding out those gauges via the wiring going to the sensors to make sure the gauges are not at fault.
Old May 30, 2009 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by dreamer1uk
Hi,

Is the CEL on?

You could try grounding out those gauges via the wiring going to the sensors to make sure the gauges are not at fault.
Sorry its been awhile since my last post yea the CEL is on, and its not a loose connection i pulled the panel to check the wiring.
Old May 30, 2009 | 02:20 PM
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Hi,

Well have the CEL scanned for codes and get back to us.

Did you try to ground out each gauge to see if the gauges are working??
Old May 30, 2009 | 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by dreamer1uk
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Well have the CEL scanned for codes and get back to us.

Did you try to ground out each gauge to see if the gauges are working??
no idea on how to ground out the gauges, all work to some degree except for the gas gauge. i'll have to wait till i can go to advance before i can check the code.
Old Jun 4, 2009 | 10:18 AM
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There is an obd1 code checker for sale on amazon, that is ford specific. It works great and was only $35! got tired going to autozone every time it was throwing codes...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...pf_rd_i=507846
Old Jun 4, 2009 | 12:16 PM
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hey if you dont fix it i have a 85mph cluster for $25 everything works on it.

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