JW1982

I have taken apart both the MK2 and MK2.5 instrument clusters and can say for sure (internally) they are completely different. The layout may be looking the same but the size of the dial plate and other components are different. The MK2.5 front fascia will not fit onto the MK2 cluster. Because of the different size of the dial plate it will partially block the MK2 dial plate  I already tried this in the past.

The MK2.5 dial plates  are a bit smaller then the MK2 dial plates. The needles are shorter also. The warning symbols are ont a different position also.

The MK2 and MK2.5 instrument clusters are completely different. The dial plates and needles have different sizes. The MK2 has the needles of the fuel and temperature gauge on the bottom of the gauge while the MK2.5 has the needles at the top of the gauge.

MK2.5 instrument cluster parts will not fit into your MK2 instrument cluster without major modifications.

There are companies which can make custom dial plates for instrument clusters but it will probably cost a lot of money. It will be cheaper to buy and re-program a MK2.5 instrument cluster into your car.

Why not put the MK2.5 (facelift) into your car. If you use the right diagnostic interface and software and follow the correct procedure it can be done without any problems.

 Until now I have put several MK2.5 instrument clusters into a Focus MK2. These were petrol engines as well as Diesel engines.

If you want to modify your original instrument cluster you can use the Lockwood dial plates which are also available for the Focus MK2 in black and white.

Note that there may be used 2 different types of Torx bolts for the rear wheelhub. Which type is used on your car depends on the manufacturing date of the car.

The 2 available types are:

1. Bolt with internal Torx head (old type).

2. Bolt with external Torx head (new type).

If you have the bolts with internal Torx head (due to corrosion) it can be very difficult to remove them.  For this reason Ford prescribes to change the old type bolts for the new type Bolts with external Torx head.

If a new version is officially released most times the older version does not work anymore. When this is the case you will get a message the installed version is outdated and you have to install the latest version.

Thanks to the Russians some working versions of the Ecat program can also be found on several download sites.