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Hi All,
First time poster, Ford Truck Enthusiast since the 70's.
I am looking for parts for my most recent acquisition;
1976 F150 Ranger XLT
Trailer Special
390 4v
C6 Automatic Transmission
Factory installed Fiberglass Topper.
Pickup was sitting in a barn in Iowa for the last 20 years only driven a few hundred miles in the last 5 years.
I started troubleshooting the issues I have:
All gauges, dash lights and turn signal do not work.
Headlights and all exterior lights are functional as is my 4 way flashers (Only w/ headlights on?)
I removed the instrument cluster to find a long gone family of mice had moved in behind the Circuit Board.
I need a new Circuit Board or Cluster, not sure what's the cheapest or best way to go?
Can someone help me out with a phone number or website link?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Connection brittle and pathways broken and brittle. 1976 F150 Ranger XLT Trailer Special 390 4v
Nice truck!!! I like the color - it reminds me of a 14 ball on a pool table!
The printed circuit boards are available, but you have to make sure to get one for you cluster, which looks like it has the Oil and Amp gauges. The one foe Oil and Alternator warning lights is different.
Thanks! The green is called "Medium Green Glow Poly" and of course Wimbledon White.
Literally found this in a barn so there is a lot of rust & brittleness but body is awesome.
Pickup was sitting in a barn in Iowa for the last 20 years only driven a few hundred miles in the last 5 years. I started troubleshooting the issues I have:
All gauges, dash lights and turn signal do not work. Headlights and all exterior lights are functional as is my 4 way flashers (Only w/ headlights on?).
I removed the instrument cluster to find a long gone family of mice had moved in behind the Circuit Board. I need a new Circuit Board or Cluster, not sure what's the cheapest or best way to go? Connection brittle and pathways broken and brittle.
The factory installed instrument cluster backs ^ were made of a composition material that can TURN TO DUST before your very eyes!
1981: Ford came out with hard plastic cluster backs for Econolines. These were also the "service part replacements" for the POS cluster backs used on the above vehicles.
There are TWO types: with Oil & Amp Gaugesor with Oil & Amp WARNING LAMPS. Ditto for the printed circuit boards.
E1PZ-10848-A .. Hard Plastic Cluster Back - Use with Oil & Amp GAUGES / Does not come with printed circuit board / Obsolete/Reproduced
CARPENTER NOS PARTS in Concord NC has 655 = 800-476-9653
------------------------------------------------------------------------- D6TZ-10K843-B .. Printed Circuit Board - Use with Oil & Amp GAUGES / Marked: D6TF-10C956-BA / Obsolete - Reproduced?
HAVEN FORD PARTS in Haven KS has 1 = 620-465-2252.
NOS PARTS SOURCE in Olathe KS may have1 = 913-220-5746.
Check with Carpenter or Bronco Graveyard, there may be a reproduction. The cluster backs are reproduced by Carpenter, so buying one from another source may be more expensive.
Understood,
I appreciate your insight.
My Dad was a Ford Parts guy for H.O. Bell in Missoula, MT back in the 40's & 50's...
That's where my love for Fords started, haha
Thanks.
Mick
10-16-2020 | 12:14 AM
