Metric speedometer on a bullnose truck

[viven44]

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 ?

[ArdWrknTrk]

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

You can tag them to this thread.

We also have a few north and west.

[1986F150Six]

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]

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.

[viven44]

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]

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?

[BigBrother-84]

EDIT:

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?

[85lebaront2]

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:

[Nothing Special]

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???

[BigBrother-84]

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?

[1986F150Six]

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]

They are protecting themselves from hotlink's

Take a screenshot

[Gary Lewis]

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.

[ArdWrknTrk]

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....

[Gary Lewis]

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

1. Click on the picture you want to make it show up to the right as shown below
2. Move the curser over the picture on the right and a magnifying glass with a + shows up
3. Left click to zoom in on the picture
4. Right click to pop up that menu
5. Left click on "Copy image address"

[ArdWrknTrk]

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. 🤷‍♂️

[Gary Lewis]

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

[ArdWrknTrk]

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

Am I phrasing it wrong?

[Gary Lewis]

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.

[ArdWrknTrk]

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?  🤷‍♂️