Want to know how to change your trip odometer into a digital tach?
 

Sometimes I am a little slow on the draw and I am still a little new to the Mustang world. As a result, you may already know how to do this. But a friend of mine at Ford showed my how to turn your trip computer to a digital tach as well as retrieve a dozen other pieces of info from the car using the trip display as a readout. It is pretty cool. If you have not done this, you must absolutely try it.

I know this trick works on 2000 - 2003 models. I do not know about older cars. Here is how you do it.

1 - With the car not running, push your finger down on the trip reset buttom by your odometer.

2 - With your finger still pushing down on the button, turn the ignition key two clicks forward untill the acessories come on.

3 - Keep your finger on the trip reset button, and turn the key back two clicks.

4 - Keep your finger on the trip reset button and then start the car.

5 - Keep holding the trip reset button for a few more seconds until the trip display shows "test" instead of mileage data.

6 - You can now release the trip reset button. Each time you now press it, the display will cycle through a number of diagnostic data. I do not know what most of this stuff means...some will be obvious. As you keep pressing the button, you will get to the digital readout of engine rpms.

You can use this feature to properly set your idle or just have fun with it. When you shut the car off or press and hold the button again, it resets the system.

Let me know what you think or even if "dah, I knew this already."

new to me ... but I don't think I really count.. seeing that I've only owned mine for about a month now... But thanks much for the info.. now I do.

I love doing that to the odometer!! www.mustangworld.com has a write up about what each of them means.

Cool man, really works!

Thanks for the tip.It's pretty cool.I wish I would have known this when I put the white face gauges on and the tach needle was screwed up.Would have made it a lot easier.I wish I could keep it changed until I changed it back, kind of like that annoying seat belt warning.I don't miss that thing a bit.

Exactly how do you get rid of the seatbelt reminder. It drives me nuts!!

Yeah, me too. I hate that seatbelt ding.

does it work on a 96 gt??? hehe

Alright, I thought it was a joke, and someone had a camera on me when I was doing it, but,hey it worked.

Make Sure:
*The parking brake is set
*The truck/car is in Park(Automatic),Neutral(Manual)
*The ignition is off
*All doors are closed
*The driver's safety belt is un-buckled
*The Parking and Headlights are off

Then follow these steps:
1.Turn the ignition switch to ON,but do not start
2.Wait for the safety belt warning light to go off(1-2 mins)

Steps 3-5 have to be completed in 60 Seconds

3.Buckle,then un-buckle the driver's safety belt 3 times
4.Turn the headlights on, then back off
5.Buckle then un-buckle the safety belt 3 more times

After step 5,the Safety Belt Warning Light will be turned on for 3 seconds.

6.Within 7 seconds of the safety belt warning light turning off,buckle then un-buckle the safety belt.

This will disable the belt minder if enabled,or if disabled,will re-enable.

7.Confirmation of disabling is provided by flashing the safety belt light 4 times per second for 3 seconds.

That's it, takes about 5 mins.Well worth to get rid of that annoying sound.

I am going to try it this evening. Thank you so much for the tip. I am sure others who view this thread will be quite thankful also.

hey while we're on the subject of getting rid of annoying things in our mustangs, is there any way to have traction control disabled? Aside from pushing the button and having it come back on when u turn the car off then on again?