new gauge cluster install problems plz help theft light

December 12th, 2006, 09:13 PM	#1
bigpopaz99 Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 36	new gauge cluster install problems plz help theft light hey fellas im having a problem w/ my roush white gauge cluster when i try to put my new cluster in i get the theft light blink and it wont start plz help thanks

December 12th, 2006, 09:15 PM	#2
itschristorres8 SP00LIN V6 2000 Mustang V6 unknown @390 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: south florida Posts: 14,619	the theft light...is normal.... the starting..is your engine give more details...does it crank up and not start... do you turn the key and nothing at all main solutions. battery, alternator, tune up __________________ 437rwhp and 402rwtq through a V6 on a stock bottom end

December 12th, 2006, 09:18 PM	#3
bigpopaz99 Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 36	it cranks no start theft light blinks faster than normal the cluster is out of a diffrent car i tryed resetting the battery and cycled the key and reset the remote no go

December 12th, 2006, 09:24 PM	#4
itschristorres8 SP00LIN V6 2000 Mustang V6 unknown @390 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: south florida Posts: 14,619	my theft light blinks fast... fuel tank empty..doubt it battery discharged battery terminal connections loose or corroded fuel not reaching injectors-clog somewhere low cylinder compression water in fuel defective ingnition coil(s) dirty or clogged fuel injectors wet or damaged ignition components spark plugs-either no good, or worn, or spaced wrong wires messed up in starting circut timing chain failure defective MAF sensor print that out or write it down and go from top to bottom. those are the main if not all solutions also check oil __________________ 437rwhp and 402rwtq through a V6 on a stock bottom end

December 12th, 2006, 09:25 PM	#5
bigpopaz99 Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 36	put the stock cluster back in no problem

December 12th, 2006, 09:26 PM	#6
itschristorres8 SP00LIN V6 2000 Mustang V6 unknown @390 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: south florida Posts: 14,619	so it starts? __________________ 437rwhp and 402rwtq through a V6 on a stock bottom end

December 12th, 2006, 09:29 PM	#7
bigpopaz99 Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 36	ya it starts and runs perfect w/ the orginal cluster

December 12th, 2006, 09:30 PM	#8
itschristorres8 SP00LIN V6 2000 Mustang V6 unknown @390 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: south florida Posts: 14,619	hmm but you want the new one in right? __________________ 437rwhp and 402rwtq through a V6 on a stock bottom end

December 12th, 2006, 09:31 PM	#9
bigpopaz99 Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 36	i wanna go w/ the roush gauges

December 12th, 2006, 09:33 PM	#10
bigpopaz99 Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 36	the theft even blinks when its cranking

December 12th, 2006, 09:46 PM	#11
itschristorres8 SP00LIN V6 2000 Mustang V6 unknown @390 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: south florida Posts: 14,619	might be somethign wrong with the wiring on those gauges...did you buy them new? __________________ 437rwhp and 402rwtq through a V6 on a stock bottom end

December 12th, 2006, 09:49 PM	#12
bigpopaz99 Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 36	i got em on ebay im thinkin its the mileage it doesnt match the ecu wounder if theirs a loop hole

December 12th, 2006, 09:57 PM	#13
GreenFaleen Resident MM Ricer 2006 Scion tC 13.9@103/8.9@81 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raleigh/Lenoir, NC Posts: 9,388	take to a ford dealer and get it installed. When you unplug and plug into the new gauge it is confusing itself and locking up because it thinks it is being hot wired. My cousin had the same problem putting saleen gauges in his gt. __________________ Scion Tc-strup racing header, CAI, Ground Kit, NOS 100shot, Custom suspension, Doc. I 50% STS MM 4 Banger club: Senior Ricer "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races." -Carroll Shelby Thanks To My Sponsors: Strup Performance

December 12th, 2006, 10:02 PM	#14
bigpopaz99 Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 36	dang i wounder what the trick is

December 13th, 2006, 12:04 AM	#15
AtlanticBlue99 The Nice Guy 1999 Ford Mustang V6 14.79 @ 92.15 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: UGA Posts: 8,251	you have a 99? there are 2 harnesses, one is for the odometer, the other is for the gauges. it will work if you remove your stock circuit board from inside the stock cluster and install the circuit board into the new cluster. it will be correctly callibrated too __________________ ModdedAutos 1999 Mustang V6 I used to list my mods here but stopped when I exceeded 255 characters.

December 13th, 2006, 02:09 AM	#16
bigpopaz99 Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 36	yup 99 i could swap the board out but my lcd display is broken thats part of the reason for the new one . the new one has pretty close mileage as the old one any other ideas thanks

December 13th, 2006, 02:14 AM

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... well hook it up to a gerbile wheel and have it run a few hundred miles on it... that way they match up

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December 13th, 2006, 02:19 AM	#18
bigpopaz99 Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 36	well i guess its good that i have a friend that lives across the alley from the dealer ill have to go over their install it then have one of the dealer goons cross the alley and check it out

December 13th, 2006, 11:03 AM	#19
AtlanticBlue99 The Nice Guy 1999 Ford Mustang V6 14.79 @ 92.15 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: UGA Posts: 8,251	you will need the stock circuit board unless you can use dealer software and get into the computer __________________ ModdedAutos 1999 Mustang V6 I used to list my mods here but stopped when I exceeded 255 characters.

December 13th, 2006, 12:58 PM	#20
bigpopaz99 Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 36	i guess the dealer gotta reflash the theft system man their crayzee $87 bucks per hr

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