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mhoward wrote:Clusters can be fun to mess with.
Just curious: I have a white faced cluster from a 2001 Expo Sport. I put my original odometer in it to keep the mileage correct, rather that roll the one in the white face. Since I am getting ready to recolor my cluster, I was going to reset the original odometer to my current mileage so it would match (black digits on white background). Problem is, I went to my other clusters (have 4 of them) and NONE of the odometers are black digits on white background. Did Ford do a white face cluster with an odometer having white digits on black background? None of the pics I see have the black background odometer on a white face cluster.
Ok, I'm going to get a little technical now. In total after 98, there were 5 different variations of the gauges that had a tachometer. From most common to hardest to find they are:
1. The black one with a black surround, white needles, and white numbers on a black background.
2. The white one ( in explorer sports, sport tracks, and Ranger Tremors) which had a lighter silver surround, orange needles with black caps, white numbers and a black background.
3. A simular white one (also in explorer sports and sport tracks, not in Rangers) that had orange needles with a silver cap, a darker silver surround, and black numbers on a white background.
4. The silver gauges. Came in 2003 trucks trim level XLT or higher and some Sport Tracks ,(no one online can match them to a trim level). These have a black surround, orange needles with black caps, and white numbers with a black background.
5. The Mazda cluster. This one only came in Mazdas, and sadly I do not know Mazda trims so I do not know what it came in. It is pretty much a black cluster with orange needles (I believe with a black cap) and the darker silver surround.
FYI my cluster is made out of a combo of #2,3, and 4.
Okay, that explains it. I thought I was losing my mind when I couldn't find an odometer with black on white. I thought all white face clusters had black on white. Thanks Keegan!
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2003 Ranger Edge / Extended Cab / Flareside / 3.0L FLEX / 5r44e Auto / 2WD / 8.8 LS 4:10 / Sonic Blue Pearl
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