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There's a good chance Coop's gonna get his trans temp gauge.

Today is my day in the office. During lunch I decided to run by the nearby junkyard to grab a trim piece for my sister-in-law's car. I didn't plan on looking for clusters, but on my way out I saw a truck that had just been set down today. I took a look, and it was a 2005 6.0L with a trans temp gauge. Score!

Problem was, I had NO tools. Just a small pry bar to get the trim piece for the Mazda.

These clusters are impossible to come by, so...I ran over to O'Reilly, got a small adjustable wrench and worked those damn 1/4" screws out. :lol:

I also decided to get the plug for it. How to cut the harness? Use the sharp edge on the pry bar :D

$30 later, I've got a cluster and I'm on my way back to work. :)
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That’s soooo bad ass man! You rock.


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[quote=""Melis""]The cop asked Coop "Are you really a firefighter?" Coop was like "yeah" then the cop said "ok your in charge" then the cop left :lol:
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Half the fun is finding interesting stuff like that. It's like a treasure hunt. Sometimes it's a hunt you don't even know you're going on. :lol:
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What a stud!

PS you dont carry a "junkyard toolset" in your car at all times? Psst...i sure do.
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I keep saying I'm going to make one. I never do. I really need to go through my tools, figure out what I've got duplicates of, and make a travel/junkyard set.
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[quote=""Jeff V.""]I keep saying I'm going to make one. I never do. I really need to go through my tools, figure out what I've got duplicates of, and make a travel/junkyard set.[/quote]

This is actually a worth thread all its own. I have a setup that works 95% of the time for me.
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[quote=""Jeff V.""]There's a good chance Coop's gonna get his trans temp gauge.

Today is my day in the office. During lunch I decided to run by the nearby junkyard to grab a trim piece for my sister-in-law's car. I didn't plan on looking for clusters, but on my way out I saw a truck that had just been set down today. I took a look, and it was a 2005 6.0L with a trans temp gauge. Score!

Problem was, I had NO tools. Just a small pry bar to get the trim piece for the Mazda.

These clusters are impossible to come by, so...I ran over to O'Reilly, got a small adjustable wrench and worked those damn 1/4" screws out. :lol:

I also decided to get the plug for it. How to cut the harness? Use the sharp edge on the pry bar :D

$30 later, I've got a cluster and I'm on my way back to work. :) [/quote]


2005 6.0 you say??? :chin:
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[quote=""vr4""]2005 6.0 you say??? :chin: [/quote]

Those were fairly rare.


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This looks good with just some Windex. It was pretty grungy when I got it.

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I'm honestly shocked you don't have a tool kit in your car for things like this.. You disappoint me, Jeff!
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Yeah that looks good. I will get you all my trucks numbers sometime today.


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If you really want to make plastic look great, use Novus #1 on it if there aren't any scratches, Novus #2 if there are (and then follow up with #1). I use that on my pinball machine plastics all the time. Great stuff.
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That's good to know. I don't think this one needs it, but I think there's one on the Hummer I could use to fix up.

I checked Row52 today. The truck still isn't listed. That's odd.
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[quote=""Jeff V.""]That's good to know. I don't think this one needs it, but I think there's one on the Hummer I could use to fix up.

I checked Row52 today. The truck still isn't listed. That's odd.[/quote]

Maybe it was someone’s truck they parked in the wrong spot lol.
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They mislabel things all the time. Once had a 3000gt as a mighty max. I was like WTF?
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I even did a VIN search. It's not listed.
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I dumped the EPROM from the cluster last night. Got everything fixed up except for the mileage. Coop needs it set to 106881. But it keeps going to 106905. I think I know why though. I'm gonna test my theory a little more today. It's not related, but someone has been in this cluster before. There's some gnarly re-soldering work on some of the big resistors for the odometer and gear displays.

Here's the donor truck if anyone is curious.

https://row52.com/Vehicle/Index/1GCHC29UX5E338589
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That’s just a little mileage, I can go for a drive. That is odd though.


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It's close enough, but I still wanna fix it. I need to know. :D
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[quote=""Jeff V.""]It's close enough, but I still wanna fix it. I need to know. :D [/quote]

Hahaha. Keep reading the Matrix man.


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