Temp Gauge not working on 99 Mountaineer AWD 5.0

[PrerunnerManiac]

I just bought this Mountaineer and noticed the temp gauge is not working. Any ideas on where to start?

 

[pbnj22]

does just the gauge not work? or does the car not heat up? or take forever to heat up? do you have heat out of your vents?

 

[Turdle]

First thing to check-If you look at the fuse chart in the owners manual it is amazing how many go to the instrument cluster.

There are 2 coolant sensors, one talks to the PCM, the other talks to the gauge. The gauge sender is located on the driver side of the intake manifold. Look at about 2 oclock from the cam position sensor and you'll see it

 

[Campoli]

I just tap mine and it works lol same with all my guages you should see my tach its all over the place