How To: P71 Message Center Cluster Swap - Crown Vic/Grand Marquis

Been wanting to make this video for a couple of years now, finally got around to doing it.

This is gonna go over the basics and instructions of installing a message center cluster into your P71, or non-message center cluster Crown Victoria or Grand Marquis. (They had civilian models without message centers, but they were pretty rare surprisingly)

What you're gonna need:
-Message center cluster
-Message center buttons w/pigtail (A few inches of wiring)
-3 pins to add to your cluster's harness
-Message center button dash trim (optional, but required for factory look)

Gauge Cluster Harness: (Adding these)
Pin 13 - Gray/Orange Stripe
Pin 14 - Light Blue/Yellow Stripe
Pin 15 - Light Blue/White Stripe

Button Harness:
Black - Ground
Orange/Black Stripe - Illumination (Only necessary if you want the buttons to light up)
Gray/Orange Stripe - Pin 13 on cluster plug
Light Blue/Yellow Stripe - Pin 14 on cluster plug
Light Blue/White Stripe - Pin 15 on cluster plug

The illumination feed is 12v. You can tap into any switched 12v circuit, and the lights will just be on whenever the key is on, but you won't have the dimming function. If you tap into an illumination wire, the buttons will come on with the headlights, and will dim with the dimmer.

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