Originally Posted by James Raby
Originally Posted by DannyDK
Originally Posted by rs tommy
cool, the loom for the speedo the same?
Nope, the model from 86 to 87 is a litle bit different, if you want to have your gaz and heat gauge to work like it should, you need to fit them reverse(dont know why they made them like that) they dont work proberly if you just fit them in, one of them will go straight to the top and the other one will try to turn the uppersit way, wierd i know
petrol gauge and water gauge work whatever one you put in - honest to god cos done it myself
If you look closely on the back you can see a "serial number" wich is either AB-86 or AB-88 and they dont fit! I know that you can take the hole instrument and change that, but then you WILL have the problem. Look if the gauges sits the same place(heat and gaz)i cant remember which one has the petrol sitting to the right or left. Check also the gauge it self, take it out and you will se a MAJOR difference in the two. Think that Ford used the last of the mk.3 mechanic for the first mk.4 on the market. There is also a difference in the digi clock elements(if you have ever opened one of those)then you will(again)see that its rater old parts inside(just like the gauges in the instrument). Another thing they also have used from the mk.3 is the bootlid, there you can see that the wirering for the washer and bootlight comes from the midle(just like on the mk.3)and not in the upper left corner like on a "normal" mk.4. They also used the "brown" tintet widows from the mk.3 on the first mk.4 they made. The reason i know this is because i have an mk.4 with alot of mk.3 parts on/in it(no it has not been fitted by the old owner, why should he). If you dont believe what i say i will see if i can get some pics up on this site.