TheOldBear
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- Vehicle Year
- 2003
- Make / Model
- ford
- Transmission
- Automatic
My 2003 ranger has a leak in a cooling system water outlet - it's the part where a bypass hose comes out of the thermostat housing, and has a fitting to attach a temperature sender.
After spending quite some time on the phone with the folks at parts.ford.com it was determined that this is an obsolete part XL5Z-8592-AB , no longer in the Ford inventory - and also not available from vintage parts or green sales two of Ford's recommended vendors for 'new old stock' parts.
I'm going to attempt to remove the part and and see what sort of metal it is made from - its possible that the hole could be patched [solder, braze, tig-weld...] or plugged [jb-weld?] depending on what the part was made from. [And if I can find a shop with suitable skills and tools].
After spending quite some time on the phone with the folks at parts.ford.com it was determined that this is an obsolete part XL5Z-8592-AB , no longer in the Ford inventory - and also not available from vintage parts or green sales two of Ford's recommended vendors for 'new old stock' parts.
I'm going to attempt to remove the part and and see what sort of metal it is made from - its possible that the hole could be patched [solder, braze, tig-weld...] or plugged [jb-weld?] depending on what the part was made from. [And if I can find a shop with suitable skills and tools].