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pipeguy

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hey guys,tried to swap a mph to kmh cluster, and theft light is on and car will not start, if i put thed old one back it starts,what gives. i apreciate the help, thanks.
 
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what year is the mustang? did you properly program the PATS?
 
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its a 2000 gt and how do you program pats, and what is pats, thanks
 
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PATS=Passive Anti Theft System. you need a factory scan tool to program PATS, ie WDS, NGS+, IDS, PDS.

any partular reason you are changing clusters? the OEM ones list both MPH and KMH
 
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wife has a hard time seeing the small numbers at night, thats all , i found the cluster for 80 bucks on craigslist, i thought i couldnt go wrong, looks like its a bit more complicated than i thought, but now that i have it i would like to follow through with it.
 
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i bought the car last summer in the states and brought it back home, thats the reason for the cluster beeing in miles
 
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You can take it to the dealer and have the new cluster programmed to your car. Or you can buy a sct x cal3 and have it programmed with a custom tune for your car to turn pats off. They run 379.00 from lasota racing and you get 3 custom tunes plus you can get some extra horsepower.
 

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pipeguy said:
hey guys,tried to swap a mph to kmh cluster, and theft light is on and car will not start, if i put thed old one back it starts,what gives. i apreciate the help, thanks.
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There are "white" circuit boards on both gauges. Remove the board from your old cluster and put it on your new cluster. This is what I had to do when I switched my GT cluster over to the Bullitt cluster. Car should start right up. It not hard to do. Just take your time. Will save you a dealer reprogramming cost. Pearl02.
 

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Pearl02 said:
There are "white" circuit boards on both gauges. Remove the board from your old cluster and put it on your new cluster. This is what I had to do when I switched my GT cluster over to the Bullitt cluster. Car should start right up. It not hard to do. Just take your time. Will save you a dealer reprogramming cost. Pearl02.
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Yep, this is the answer to your problem. Dealer trip is not needed.
 
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what is on the whte circuit boards, will i have to reprogram the speedo, or is just the memory of the pats, thanks dudes
 
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dudes thanks for the hep, swaped circuit boars now car starts, yaaahoooo!!!!
 
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