Anyone good at electrical soldering?

[mustang585]

OK so the gauges on my 05 are all messed up. There are 2 fixes, one being replace the cluster which is expensive. The other option is to replace the step motors on the cluster board. This is the cheaper of the options.

I can solder wires and terminals, but don't want to damage my cluster. If anyone has done this or willing to give me a hand LMK.

Here is a thread showing what is involved.
http://www.fordmuscleforums.com/must...placement.html

Also does anyone know if you can install the 6 gauge cluster in place of the 4 gauge. From what I've read the dealer has to download you old info and upload it to the new one to replace it. If I can get a 6 gauge I would like to swap them just don't know if its possible.

[PWRBY4D]

wow that is pretty involved...

[GT800]

yikes... they sell refurbished ones on ebay pretty cheap...

[Stangman Jonathan]

I still have a spare one that well downs has and was trying to get swapped for my color for my car, if I get that anytime soon you can have the one off my mustang

[BK07V6]

If you get it apart and have the new parts I could swap them out in twenty minutes to a half an hour... Just so you know, I've been doing electronic soldering for thirty years and have a $300 soldering iron... not some $5 Radio Shack special, not to mention solder suckers (look it up :-) ) military spec solder and proper flux. I'm in Warren county which should not be a bad ride for you, and I'm on vacation for the next two weeks, so needless to say I will be available and bored...lol!

PM me if you are interested or want to question my skills

[11grabberstang]

i had to solder stepper motors on my old envoy and it wasn't so bad!! as long as ur able to get the cluster apart u will find it not hard to replace the bulbs!! just takes steady hands thats all!

[GT800]

well im gonna say bk07v6 sorta sounds like the man at this point frank id let him do it for sure!

[mustang585]

Yeah I already sent him a PM

Jon LMK if how much and if its a 6 gauge

Kind of sucks not having gauges Only things that is gonna suck is trying to get the needles close.

[GT800]

ya well if you want ill take a pic my cluster running and off if that helps...

[mustang585]

Yeah that would be good. Gas is easy just fill it, speedo I can drive next to someone, temp is somewhere in the middle lol. What does is idle at stock?