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Cory281

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My car came factory with only the fuel and temp gauges, I'm wondering if I got a hold of the gauges that have the temp, fuel, oil and battery gauges would plug right in and everything would work? Does anyone know?

Thanks.

 

DarkFireGT

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The gauges you're wanting are the interior upgrade package gauges, also known as MyColor. You'll need to switch out the entire instrument cluster and have your odometer programmed, I believe.

 

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claytucc3

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Wow the only reason I got the mycolor is because it was already in the car. I didn't realize the standard cluster doesn't come with the additional guages.

 

Cory281

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Yeah, it's dumb that its like that, but oh well. So the my color gauge cluster will plug right in and all the gauges will work right? I asked my dealer and they didn't know and I trust people here more anyway.

Thanks. :SNSign:

 

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claytucc3

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That would be ideal...how ever I do not know that answer. It all depends on wether Ford installs all of the sending units and wire it all up on all the cars. But if that is the case then why don't they have all of the gauges?

 

Cory281

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I'm hoping that it's already wired up for them and just needs to be plug into a new instrument cluster. I've seen a lot of cars that don't have fog lights but another model does and they still have the wires for them, just not the lights or switch.

 

anthony05gt

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I've done the swap. First thing is pop out the dummy switch plate on the center of your dash to the left of the power point and check to see if the wiring harness plug is there. If it is there you're good to go. If not, forget about the swap. Some cars came with the harness, some didn't. At one point Ford stopped supplying the harness section that's needed unless the car was built with the my-color option. Mine had it.

You'll need to order the switch assy and the new gauge cluster. I bought a used one with similar mileage (within a hundred and fifty miles ha ha, lucky). Tell the Ford dealer what your mileage is and the cluster center will program your mileage in the new cluster and ship it. The cluster is a 5 minute swap. You'll need to take the car to the dealer and have the tech remove your car's stored information from the old cluster with his computer (WDS) After that you can quickly swap the cluster and he'll install the information in the new cluster. It takes 10 minutes total. My Ford dealer never heard of the swap and the mechanic (7-second Don Burton) never heard of it either, but he did what I told him to do. I told him I heard about it on the forums and he was willing to try it. Worked great.

 

DarkFireGT

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anthony05gt said:

I've done the swap. First thing is pop out the dummy switch plate on the center of your dash to the left of the power point and check to see if the wiring harness plug is there. If it is there you're good to go. If not, forget about the swap. Some cars came with the harness, some didn't. At one point Ford stopped supplying the harness section that's needed unless the car was built with the my-color option. Mine had it.

You'll need to order the switch assy and the new gauge cluster. I bought a used one with similar mileage (within a hundred and fifty miles ha ha, lucky). Tell the Ford dealer what your mileage is and the cluster center will program your mileage in the new cluster and ship it. The cluster is a 5 minute swap. You'll need to take the car to the dealer and have the tech remove your car's stored information from the old cluster with his computer (WDS) After that you can quickly swap the cluster and he'll install the information in the new cluster. It takes 10 minutes total. My Ford dealer never heard of the swap and the mechanic (7-second Don Burton) never heard of it either, but he did what I told him to do. I told him I heard about it on the forums and he was willing to try it. Worked great.

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Yeah, I remember that now. Make sure the plug is there. If not, you've got a heck of a project on your hands.

 

SpartaPerformance

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Good thing about mass production the wiring harness is the same so all the connections should be there, its more cost effective to have all the connections there then to make different wiring harness for different option packages, however DarkFireGT is correct you will need to have the odometer reprogrammed to display the correct mileage, until that is done the vehicle may not run properly or not at all.. Find out from Ford what the proper procedure is or atleast if the car will run enough to get to a dealer to reporgram the odometer. Good Luck

 

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claytucc3

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Also FYI bro next time title your thread with Mycolor swap or something more specific. You will prob get more hits on it that way......

 

Cory281

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I just popped out that cover and it is wired for mycolor. Thanks guys, you guys really do rock. Should I attempt this swap myself? Or just save myself the head ache and let someone else do it? I'm ok with tools, on my old 01 Mustang GT I swapped the brakes out for the 03-04 Mach 1 brakes and changed my intake manifold when it cracked. Can I handle this one?

Thanks again everyone.

 

anthony05gt

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You just pop the bezel off that's around the gauge cluster with a small tool like a screwdriver them remove the 4 small bolts that hold the cluster in. Pull the cluster out a bit and disconnect the wiring harness from the back side. That's it.

Do it at the dealer so the tech can pull your info out before you swap clusters. He'll do that, then you put the other cluster in enough to plug the harness to it. Then he'll reinstall the info to the new cluster. It takes a few minutes. Don't forget you'll have to get the new cluster programmed through the cluster center. The parts guys take care of that when they order the cluster. Make sure you specify whether or not the car's a GT or V-6. It matters with the tachometer.

This is accurate information.....I've done it.

 

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stanmckinney

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You're lucky the wiring is there. Ford quit including it after a certain build date. I believe that happened sometime in 2005. Someone else likely knows for certain.

 

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claytucc3

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Cool it is always good to find nice little things like that. It seems like we are always faced with the hardest options. You will be happy with the extra gauges. I keep mine on blue. A cool feature that the car does that I just noticed. Is when your gauges are blue or any color for the matter and you run low and fuel. The fuel gauge alone lights up red.....those little things are cool to me....lol