gauge doesn't work
 

hello i'm an italian boy, i have a 99 f150 4.6 v8 xlt

is this

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4...yeuhiod.th.jpg

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4...8euzklz.th.jpg

you can tell me what model of cab is???

and few days ago I hand-washed my truck but I left its doors open and the battery run down. I charged it again but all instruments on the panel (dashboard)do not work anymore: What can I do? Could you suggest me an explaination for what has happened?

sorry for my english and thks

Hello barbato,

That model is called a SuperCab with Flareside Bed.

Your pictures tell me it is not a 1999.
The front bumper and the interior door is wrong for 1999.
Also 1997 & 1998 = 3 door.
1999 = 4 door.

It is a 1997 or a 1998.
You can tell which year from the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) .

The tenth(10) position of the VIN is the Model Year.
V = 1997
W = 1998
X = 1999

Disconnect the battery for 20 minutes then reconnect, maybe that will help your gauges.

thks for your reply...
i'll tell my father to disconnect the battery...
for the year i read 99 in the circulation card.... but i tell to my father to read the vin...

i'm not at home soo i can't do it... thks

my mom saw the vin and at the tenth position there is a V so it's made in 1997... but it was registered in 1999 in canada???

also one question, what is the difference from flareside to stepside???
because i thought that is a stepside

Vehicles get registered every year here, maybe every two years in Canada. :confused:
It is good for you to know it is a 1997 if you are ordering parts.
Some '99 parts don't fit '97, some do.
It is always safer to know and use the correct year.

Flareside is just a name.
Cheverolet calls them Stepside.
Ford calls them Flareside.

You have the same truck as the man who built this website, 1997 XLT Supercab Flareside.
(His was white)

It could have also been driven by someone at the dealership and not registered until sold or it could have been a left over that did not sell until 1999. Looks to be a nice truck and in excelllect condition.

What the....
"Goat Herder Extraordinaire"

I didn't know there was such a thing.

Who was I to argue with the washington post?
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/55/496.html

Now, I am just an old man trying to keep my mind active as I circle the drain of eternity.