ok, so i've looked at all 49 pages, at every post that looked halfway relavant, so now i shall ask:
does anyone know or have the pinouts for 1983 instrument clusters.
i have the buttstuffog in mine now, and a buddy of mine just dropped off a digital one for me. i desire to use the digital, and i understand that the speedo will work if i just plug it in, but the fuel will not. i understand that it is wired just a little differently, and that i could possibly just re-pin my connector.
anyone?
ok, friend of mine just told me it is a completely different sender for buttstuffog and digital dashes. that i wont need to repin, just change the sender. can anyone confirm?
ok, maybe noone is responding since i didnt list the car, the one in my sig, the 83 tbird...with the 5.0....
We're not ignoring you (probably), it may just be that nobody has the pinouts for your clusters. I know I don't. All I do have is snippets I've saved from various posts here, there and everywhere...
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digital
15 Ohms empty, 160 Ohms Full
base (buttstuffog)
83 Ohms empty, 12 Ohms full
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87 Evtm page 127 or 129 shows
Empty - high resistance - 60 to 86 ohms
Full - low resistance - 8 to 12 ohms
87 shop manual 33-20-1 shows
Empty-low resistance-22.5ohms
Full-high resistance - 146 ohms
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Scott, Page 127 shows the buttstuffog fuel gage.
Page 144 shows the digital (electronic) fuel gage.
buttstuffog sender has low resistance when full.
Digital sender has high resistance when full.
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Fordification:
(Empty / Full)
73 - 10 Ohms pre-1989 Fords
16 - 158 Ohms most '89-up Fords
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that right there was actually exactly what i was looking for lol. will have to see if i can dig up the proper sender then. thanks.
does anyone have the ratings for the 88 style? i'm going to the junkyard in a few days to harvest a truckload of parts for some resto's we are doing here, and i figured i would look into all my options for my own parts as well.
i know the mk7 digital senders will work, as the ohm ratings are extremely close (i would see empty on the dash a touch sooner than normal, but i'm cool with that), but in the event i dont see a bill blass in the yard i DO know that there are multiple digital dash birds and cougars there
anyone? hitting the yard prolly tomorrow and i wanna get the sender i need since i'm gonna be under my car this weekend
humm
I knew i had been down this road once before. Some very useful info .....enjoy
http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=17053
the evtm pages in there can be had on the sticky as well.