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viven44

Metric speedometer on a bullnose truck

Well I got a Marti report on my truck to see what's up and I was surprised to find that my truck and I are both naturalized US citizens.

I noticed it was equipped with a metric speedometer, but tracks in miles.. I took a test lap this morning to be sure :)

Anyone deal with a metric speedometer before ?

Vivek

- 'Big Blue 2WD' - 1984 F350 RWD 460/C6
- 1978 Bronco with the heart of a 1986 F250 Bullnose - under restoration
- "Bonded Bronco" -1985 Bronco - 302 4-speed fuel injected, Hibernating future project

ArdWrknTrk

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Cory (NS)and Jeff (QB) are both in CA.

You can tag them to this thread.

We also have a few north and west.

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

1986F150Six

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The speedometer shown in your photo is the "normal" one for trucks sold in the USA. The following is an example of the one sold for locations which favor the metric system.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/374733315836?epid=1625457628&hash=item573fd89efc:g:s6oAAOSwB1tkejg0&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA0FeGgc3cvemhC%2BnWuV6sklrH6xImjgHEQ3JP6ReqjYYiYYs5u4x%2BQHiZofQzd9550cjNyzjQRSwIoVgHpOexd49iI4GZLUkTzKSl6w4LJuog%2FdaWTPUfKBDzgZ0Snby3kW%2FeOJMNU%2BchHo1RdCQXQ5wNHpeze3QtwX0ZNXhcUXt%2BZ2zWwaYL9sw5ymzOMiAvxUSbx1eEGOHZ50brzo%2BQzZp%2FY3V1gwPsfsARjWIxJQbDPfpHWl86FRSGX2vlvUknE%2FAKjs3m3103stEkbLIyaPM%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5L3vOGuYw

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/s6oAAOSwB1tkejg0/s-l1600.webp

Gary Lewis

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Jim & David - Thanks! I was struggling to find pictures and know what to tell Vivek about the speedo. But let's put the picture here 'cause at some point that advert will be taken down and no one will know what the metric speedo looks like.

Vivek - See why I suggested posting on here. These guys know far more than I do, and collectively we know a LOT.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

viven44

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Thanks a lot everyone!! Looks like the cluster I have has been swapped at somepoint.

On the other hand, I am jealous that the metric odometer can go to 621370 miles !!

BigBrother-84

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viven44 wrote

Anyone deal with a metric speedometer before ?

I do. This is the one we need here in Canada, at least to drive comfortably having the big numbers corresponding to the speed limits.

When trying to replace, much more difficult to find then US mph ones.

What’s the question?

Jeff / 1984 F350 Crew Cab 4x4/5.8L w351 4V/ T18/ D50 4.10 front/ 8' bed.
Restored 2019-2022.
Nicknamed «Big Brother 1984», due to its soooo-looong shape & nod to George Orwell's 1984 famous novel.

BigBrother-84

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viven44 wrote

On the other hand, I am jealous that the metric odometer can go to 621370 miles !!

Not always… I found this metric with tripometer on eBay, but like the US ones, one number is missing.
Can’t reach 100,000 km.
A trick to stay young?

Jeff / 1984 F350 Crew Cab 4x4/5.8L w351 4V/ T18/ D50 4.10 front/ 8' bed.
Restored 2019-2022.
Nicknamed «Big Brother 1984», due to its soooo-looong shape & nod to George Orwell's 1984 famous novel.

85lebaront2

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One of the changes I added to Darth was a later dash and steering column.

The later dash has an 85 mph speedometer, but the odometers (main and trip) can be switched between Miles and Kilometers. Here is Darth's about 15,000 miles ago:

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"Getting old is inevitable, growing up is optional" Darth Vader 1986 F350 460 converted to MAF/SEFI, E4OD 12X3 1/2 rear brakes, traction loc 3:55 gear, 160 amp 3G alternator Wife's 2011 Flex Limited Daily Driver 2009 Flex Limited with factory tow package Project car 1986 Chrysler LeBaron convertible 2.2L Turbo II, modified A413

Nothing Special

Re: Metric speedometer on a bullnose truck

And if Darth's is a similar vintage to my '97, while it has that 6th digit before the decimal point, it only goes up to 399999.9 miles. Instead of rolling to 400000.0 it will then go to (I think) 100000.0. I guess Ford could save a penny or two on each odometer and figured their trucks weren't good for over 400000 miles anyway???

Bob
Sorry, no '80 - '86 Ford trucks
"Oswald": 1997 F-250HD crew cab short box, 460, E4OD, 4.10 gears
"Pluto": 1971 Bronco, 302, NV3550 5 speed, Atlas 4.3:1 transfer case, 33" tires
"the motorhome": 2015 E-450-based 28' class C motorhome, 6.8L V-10
"the Dodge": 2007 Dodge 2500, 6.7L Cummins

BigBrother-84

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Nothing Special wrote

[…] and figured their trucks weren't good for over 400000 miles anyway???

In the same way. there was a well known company which also thought that any of the computers running their OS were supposed to work beneath December 31 1999. So why to allow it?

Jeff / 1984 F350 Crew Cab 4x4/5.8L w351 4V/ T18/ D50 4.10 front/ 8' bed.
Restored 2019-2022.
Nicknamed «Big Brother 1984», due to its soooo-looong shape & nod to George Orwell's 1984 famous novel.

1986F150Six

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And then there is this one for F600/800 intermediate trucks which if an earlier one [before 1988?], is cable driven and is a drop in replacement in the Bullnose trucks.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126311533632?fits=Year%3A1980%7CModel%3AF-600%7CMake%3AFord&hash=item1d68c10c40:g:cwAAAOSwzIFlvBUr&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA0Kg8DszrXq%2Bj3w7LfQqJAYLhib2w7aULAIAwOH9xviW2wcB91mHG793qTOImcFjKWljop3D1HxFhpDT3vNWHXwW7wt97aXCiQkHkauwmFuMjuSw%2FBb6H1szvoYUTTKAhPHcWDIwd55d2rq2gTjV%2FOuOEmgZDyBqCsgFsELsWhhzEMgewItWbl01ws0mtjd%2BHrHbMiEDorC5I%2B9KLDMu3OzZVUqUb7xjPEw6x5b%2BjiNrqo5v2hMUwiXCdd2bh0h4%2FV9qsBLJelbDBPJvM18DvL78%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8aln_GvYw

Gary, please insert the photo as for some reason, I can no longer do so???

This is the message I receive : Upload failed: Unsupported image type - please use PNG, JPG or GIF.

ArdWrknTrk

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They are protecting themselves from hotlink's

Take a screenshot

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Gary Lewis

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David - I first click the + button to zoom in on it, and then right-click and copy image address.

Jim - Thanks. Just wanted David to know how I do it.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

ArdWrknTrk

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I tried opening the image in another tab, then copying the address, then pasting the address into the look up the URL bar on the insert image tab.

It doesn't work, for me....

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Gary Lewis

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I don't have an Android device to check, but on my Windows computers the only way it works for me is to:

Click on the picture you want to make it show up to the right as shown below

Move the curser over the picture on the right and a magnifying glass with a + shows up

Left click to zoom in on the picture

Right click to pop up that menu

Left click on "Copy image address"

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

ArdWrknTrk

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Pop it up
Open image in new tab
Collect a copy URL
Paste into the drop-down window of the insert image button.
Click large size

This works with a LOT of things but it does not work with that eBay image. 🤷‍♂️

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Gary Lewis

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Doesn't work with the pre-revolution site's images either.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

ArdWrknTrk

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Right!
That's why I said they are protected from hotlinking

Am I phrasing it wrong?

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Gary Lewis

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I don't know exactly what they are protecting from. It is really futile as it is so easy to take a screenshot, so I don't understand why they are doing it. But apparently the ways around it vary by the OS of the device you are using.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

ArdWrknTrk

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Because, when you hot link, even if it's just for another piece of forum software to make a screen grab, you are trying up resources on their server.

Pings and more pings....

That's how DDOS attacks happen.

Am I not being clear? 🤷‍♂️

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.