08 Edge Limited

Fortunately, my vision is 20/20 but in my humble opinion, and not that I'm complaining about the vehicle, its been great, the instrument cluster appears to be an afterhought. Almost every other vehicle I have and have driven has an easier to see dash cluster.

Please note my edit, I got my two cars confused (classic Mustang versus the Edge.

As my handle states, we have a 2008 Edge Limited, with no real complaints other than what I posted earlier (cooling fans etc). One thing that has really pestered me is while driving during the day. The speedo and tach faces are shiny while the needles appear to be a light green. The numbers look like they might be red. At night, I can easily see the numbers but during the day, I must rely on the position of the needles to see how fast I am going, plus I use the aftermarket GPS when I replaced the original radio. Has anyone tried a dash cluster upgrade? I saw another Edge (Sport?) with what I think was a white gauge face with black needles and numbers that were lightyears ahead of mine. I wouldnt mind upgrading to a digital dash if it were a direct swap. Any ideas? (Note: I edited this post after I re-read it, and read it again. I had two cars confused. On one of them, the speedo is easily read during the day but not at night. The Edge is barely readable during the daylight. Oops, my goof.)

First of all, many thanks for the very detailed cooling fan instructions, whoever first posted them. They were great. I am a retired ASE Master Technician and college instructor with many decades of experience and still do my own repairs. Our 08 Edge decided to overheat one day and I noticed my AC not working as well as it used to. I even noticed the cooling fans were not as noisy as before. The dead giveaway was that once I reached highway speeds, everything worked well. A quick trip under the hood showed the pass side cooling fan wasnt working, and the drivers fan would intermittently. The usual research showed current getting into and out of the cooling fan, and when disconnected and wired directly to the battery, one fan worked, sometimes. Amazon proved the least expensive source for fans, and thanks to Prime, it took a couple of days for one to reach me. Being frugal, I ordered the TYC 622040 fan assembly. The instructions were right on, and 30 minutes later, it was in. Oops, it still doesnt work. Back to square one. I wired the fans directly to the battery and they both work well. I have current to the main connector but when I tried to swap the TYC controller with the Ford controller, the plugs were different. I made some jumper leads and presto, it worked fine with the original Ford part. I cut one of the connectors from the old fan and the plug from the new one and soldered the leads together. A couple of hours later, I have a complete working fan assembly and a junk TYC controller. I going to try and get Amazon to take that part back, but I'm not disappointed with the quality of the TYC fan, yet. Even if I have to junk the TYC controller, I feel I am miles ahead cost wise.