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Originally Posted by MadMan
Well that is pretty damn cool!
So you can go off-roading in your Lincoln Continental? For the speedo, you might need a gateway module to translate the Blazer's speed sensor signal to what the Ford body computer/instrument cluster expects it to be. Raspberry Pi? Should be simple, it's just a matter of knowing how many pulses/mile the Blazer gives, and how many the Ford expects. In fact, there might be generic modules available specifically for this purpose. I recall looking into it for a VW Vanagon that the customer intentionally had the wrong tire size and wanted an accurate speedo. Can't rightly remember if it was a cable speedo, but I recall saying it needed some electronics.
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The donor vehicle,1989 Blazer,had the speed sensor built into the speedo head,driven by an old-school speedo cable.
The only aftermarket part I bought was a JTR in-line speed sensor.
I tried feeding a magnetic pulse into the speed sensor wires on the Ford ECM,NADA..
I think this car got its speed signasl from the ABS system.Unfortunately,the ABS pump was "misplaced" . Here is a link to a video,the 1st 3 minutes is just still shots and music,the rest is a ctual video of the car running and driving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80xJiyIx1bY