VanoFord
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No blabbin, gettin right to it. 32 cluster pin I tapped the black to the 4 pin, the brown/red stripe to the 1 pin. Now the 2 & 3 are supposed to be tapped to the 1 & 10 on the 18 cluster pin, but after much investigation I had no wires out of my 1 & 10. So now here is where this gets tricky. I had to remove the clip from the 18 pigtail to expose the rear of the pigtail. There is a tiny clip that has to be depressed as you then slide it off. Think of it not sliding onto the top, but more so from the side, as the wires are bent at a 90^. Now that this is done, expose 1-2 cm of wire from each the 2nd and 3rd wire off the message center pigtail. Simply slide the 2nd wire into the 1 slot until the wires come out the other side. Leave a "stubbles" worth exposed. Repeat this for the 3rd wire into the 10th slot. Now slide the clip back over the pigtail. Dont worry about that tiny bit of wire sticking out, as when the clip slides pass, and then you clip it into the cluster, you make a solid connection point.
So I was playing around w/ the message center button, and realized I could change settings! I could change from emperial to metric read out (but didnt), i changed my autolamps from 30secs to 10 secs, turned the AutoLOCK OFF (so yea, the truck doesnt lock when you just close the door like it did before). This is so awesome!!!!!!!!!!
Ford makes both a 6 pin and a 4 pin message center. I had both a 6-pin & a 4-pin set. I think the 4 pins were offered in 07-08 Lariats, cuz thats what I told the guy I had, 07 L, and he gave me an 8 pin pigtail in which I just used the bottom 4 wires, and folded up the other 4. This part number is 3u2z-14s411-LCA. If you use the 6 pin, you would not use the last 2 pins and could break them off (I would verify the 4 you use are the 4 needed prior to breaking the others).
Not responsible for any damage you do to your truck after reading this post
Sorry for the blab, now onto the pics, which go as follows:
1
2-3 -Splice into pins; 18pin clip release location
4-10 -Message Info Snap shots as I got it working, then did a sys check and what it read out (man I had to snap fast).
11-12 - The 6 pin and the 4 pin Message Button Center
So I was playing around w/ the message center button, and realized I could change settings! I could change from emperial to metric read out (but didnt), i changed my autolamps from 30secs to 10 secs, turned the AutoLOCK OFF (so yea, the truck doesnt lock when you just close the door like it did before). This is so awesome!!!!!!!!!!
Ford makes both a 6 pin and a 4 pin message center. I had both a 6-pin & a 4-pin set. I think the 4 pins were offered in 07-08 Lariats, cuz thats what I told the guy I had, 07 L, and he gave me an 8 pin pigtail in which I just used the bottom 4 wires, and folded up the other 4. This part number is 3u2z-14s411-LCA. If you use the 6 pin, you would not use the last 2 pins and could break them off (I would verify the 4 you use are the 4 needed prior to breaking the others).
Not responsible for any damage you do to your truck after reading this post
Sorry for the blab, now onto the pics, which go as follows:
1
2-3 -Splice into pins; 18pin clip release location
4-10 -Message Info Snap shots as I got it working, then did a sys check and what it read out (man I had to snap fast).
11-12 - The 6 pin and the 4 pin Message Button Center
