Instrument Clusters

[FordTruck]

What instrument clusters will fit my 70 F100? That prited circut stuff is coming off so I'm needing a new one. Also will this one fit?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1970-For ... ccessories

[fordman]

yes it will fit. that a painted F600 cluster. and its a good price too. those can fetch up to or sometimes over 50- 100.00 depending on how many guys think they have to have it. the chrome ones also go over 100.00 on ebay. but not always.

[FordTruck]

yes it will fit. that a painted F600 cluster. and its a good price too. those can fetch up to or sometimes over 50- 100.00 depending on how many guys think they have to have it. the chrome ones also go over 100.00 on ebay. but not always.

So it'll have that same plug and circut stuff on the back as ming? Also are they chrome under that paint?

[fordman]

it will be a diffeent plug. you will have to do some wiring. the painted ones are just metal underneath. well that one look to be. someone could have always painted over it but it doesnt look like it to me.

[FORDification]

Your '70 has a one-year only circuit board. The circuit boards in '71 and '72 trucks are different from the '70 version, and even different still depending on whether they had idiot lights or full-instrumentation. Check out the section on instrument panels at this link:

http://www.fordification.com/67-72ID.htm

That E-bay F600 panel will have the hard wiring on the back, meaning you'd have to find a '67-'69 truck wiring harness and snip the instrument panel connector off it, leaving a few inches for splicing, and then snip the connector off your existing harness and splice the '67-'69 connector on.