speedo with tach from a zetec tour 98

[contourfreak22]

will that work on my 99 contour zetec? not sure if its the same or not. also im thinking of taking the fog lights of a 95 se will they mount on my 99?

[striker2]

the gauge cluster should work no problem. im not sure on the fog lights but i believe they changed from the pre-98 to post -98 models.

[TourDeForce]

You may have to run a tach wire like I did. Look in the old forums for posts by Hector (LocoZ, LocoEVOwhatever). He posted some details about the tach wire that helped me with my install.

[CRZYDRVR]

Guess it depends on the year. My cluster didnt need any other wire, I just plugged it in.

My new cluster came off a 99 by the way.

[TourDeForce]

The model year of the cluster will not matter. Was your car wired for the tach is the question. My '99 was not. The only potential problem is that I saw mension of a '95 and '99. The '95 may have a cable driven speedo, so you cannot use the cluster from one of those to add a tach to your '99.

Most of the 98 and older cars appear to have been equipped with the tach signal wire even if you didn't have a tach. It appears at least a few of the '99s had the wire installed, but I was not lucky enough to get one of those.

[CRZYDRVR]

Ah, I see. I didnt know that.

[Brent372]

Hey guys...

Take a look at my post here...
http://www.contour.org/ceg-vb/showthread.php?t=8672

Can anybody offer any suggestions?

[TourDeForce]

I'm thinkin' the suggestions you got from the reply post are pretty much spot on.

[Brent372]

OK... For those just reading. I have a 98 Zetec that only came with a speedo in the gauge cluster. I picked up gauge cluster with a tach from a junkyard. I put it in the a speedo / odometer was way off !!!!
It was suggested that I get a different speedo, so I did.
But it is still way off. When I am doing about 50mph it is pegged past 130mph. The odometer is equally off.
Could this be a voltage problem.

Also, the low gas light is on, even though there is about 3/4 of a tank in the car. The gauge reads right, but the light won't go off.

Please help... Any ideas???

[Dec1000]

They all look the same but there are a bunch of part numbers for the speedometer. The same year car has different ones depending on your production date. I got one from junk yard and made sure the speedometer was the one for my production date and everything worked fine.