05 Ford ranger edge 3.0 manual

[don91]

Looking for any help I'm currently in the process of doing an alh swap on my 05 Ford ranger, I am at a total loss trying to figure out how to get the gauge cluster to work i have a decent concept on everything else, I can't find any info on this part of the swap anywhere some people say you can't do it because it runs off a can bus network and other people say it doesn't matter. I purchased a fast forward wiring harness and there is a group of about 10 wires that are supposed to go to the gauges but I'm not sure if I can just cut and splice into the cluster..

I am already to far into this to turn back so I'm contemplating making a custom dash with gauges that can use analog signal I really don't want to to that because it looks extremely ghetto, I do have the cluster out of the donor car but that will look like crap to.. there has to be someone out there who has some experience with this, there is no info out there that I can find on this topic I have spent countless hours researching this.

On a side note is there anyone who has gotten the ac to work in the same vehicle without major fabrication.

Thank you for reading

 

[Alberta 7.3]

To run the Ford cluster, you will likely need to keep the 3.0 PCM. I'm dealing with the same thing with a 2008 truck. The PCM takes the transmission output speed sensor for speed calculation, then communicated speed and odometer value to the cluster. The fuel gauge will work fine, the oil pressure warning is just a pressure switch that closes to ground when there is pressure (not sure which way the ALH pressure switch works, CBEA switch closes on pressure rise just like the Ford.) For the coolant temperature, you'll need to take the ECT sensor and wiring from the ford engine and find a cooling passage, add in a tee or something so the sensor is measuring coolant. The coolant sensor is read by the PCM then sent to the cluster. For the tach, I am setting up a 36 -1 tooth wheel on the crank to mimic the Ford damper sensor wheel, then a bracket to mount the Ford crank sensor, which again is over the CAN bus.

This is probably the simplest way to make the cluster work without having the spend months setting up programming a microcontroller to send data to the CAN bus.

For the check engine light, you'll probably have to desolder the cluster LED since the thing will be constantly on with the 3.0 deleted, then wire up the check engine light wiring from the VW with a separate socket.

 

[don91]

Thank you for the reply, that is pretty basic when you put it like that.. I have a tach converter it changes the frequency of the square waves to work for a 4 cyl or something like that, I’m just not sure what to do with cluster of wires of that comes out of the harness if I use all the ford sensors

 

[Alberta 7.3]

Chances are you will only need the glow plug and check engine light wires from the TDI harness.

 

[don91]

Thank you guys, as I dive into this more I will update, still dealing with “lost packages” usps sucks. And I doubt the vendor is going to want to ship out a couple grand worth of product because the post office “lost a package”