Kamel
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- '95 Ford Ranger XLT 2.3L
Maniak, thanks for your response. Unfortunately, it came too late as I did the job today. Fortunately, it DID fix the problem! Guess I lucked out on that one.
Here are just a few notes for anyone doing this job.
NOTE: For anyone replacing this unit especially on as old of vehicle as this, plastic/rubber boot around the sending unit has hardened over the years and will not get larger. The sender I got was a generic part and the probe was much larger than the one it was replacing. Due to this, I had to hammer a screwdriver into the boot, breaking some of the boot. I highly recommend you get a part with a small probe on the top, like the OEM version and not a larger one.
I got the part in question from O'Reilly similar to the one shown here (came with a nut on the top) http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/BWD0/WT909.oap?ck=Search_N2346_-1_-1&pt=N2346&ppt=C0331 . I was able to confirm the new part did indeed have a much larger top as the unnecessary nut that came on top of the sender easily slide right down the part I took out.
I did get a second sender from Napa which I compared to the part I took out and it looked identical in diameter (but different in other ways). I would imagine it would have kept me from needing to hammer a screwdriver into the boot breaking it, but I already had the new one in and it was a major pain to get in (also from a financial perspective if I didn't use the napa part I could return it, whereas there was no hope for the one already installed and marred up).
The sender is located on the right side of the alternator, next to the base. It is under the tubing for the A/C, the thermostat, and the 2 little wiring harnesses there to the left of where the red arrow pointed in jasonexplorer's last picture.
I took the air tube and the shield over the throttle off to improve room, but ultimately it didn't do much -- this is one of those jobs that are a tight fit and require patience and a small hand. No coolant came out for me when I did it, but there was fluid right up to the hole, could have easily stuck my finger in and gotten coolant on it.
It has an "L" shaped boot over the top with a single (green, if I recall correctly) wire coming from it. You can easily pull this right off (doesn't have threads) to get a socket over it. The stock one takes a 17mm socket but I think the replacement part I got would have had a better fitting english-system counter part, as I saw that the corners looked marred once installed. I used a deep socket, but it was the only one of the size I had so not sure if it was required.
Hope this helps anyone who does this job. It was certainly more of a pain than I thought it would be, but well worth the effort. With the right replacement part, I think it would have been much easier overall.
Here are just a few notes for anyone doing this job.
NOTE: For anyone replacing this unit especially on as old of vehicle as this, plastic/rubber boot around the sending unit has hardened over the years and will not get larger. The sender I got was a generic part and the probe was much larger than the one it was replacing. Due to this, I had to hammer a screwdriver into the boot, breaking some of the boot. I highly recommend you get a part with a small probe on the top, like the OEM version and not a larger one.
I got the part in question from O'Reilly similar to the one shown here (came with a nut on the top) http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/BWD0/WT909.oap?ck=Search_N2346_-1_-1&pt=N2346&ppt=C0331 . I was able to confirm the new part did indeed have a much larger top as the unnecessary nut that came on top of the sender easily slide right down the part I took out.
I did get a second sender from Napa which I compared to the part I took out and it looked identical in diameter (but different in other ways). I would imagine it would have kept me from needing to hammer a screwdriver into the boot breaking it, but I already had the new one in and it was a major pain to get in (also from a financial perspective if I didn't use the napa part I could return it, whereas there was no hope for the one already installed and marred up).
The sender is located on the right side of the alternator, next to the base. It is under the tubing for the A/C, the thermostat, and the 2 little wiring harnesses there to the left of where the red arrow pointed in jasonexplorer's last picture.
I took the air tube and the shield over the throttle off to improve room, but ultimately it didn't do much -- this is one of those jobs that are a tight fit and require patience and a small hand. No coolant came out for me when I did it, but there was fluid right up to the hole, could have easily stuck my finger in and gotten coolant on it.
It has an "L" shaped boot over the top with a single (green, if I recall correctly) wire coming from it. You can easily pull this right off (doesn't have threads) to get a socket over it. The stock one takes a 17mm socket but I think the replacement part I got would have had a better fitting english-system counter part, as I saw that the corners looked marred once installed. I used a deep socket, but it was the only one of the size I had so not sure if it was required.
Hope this helps anyone who does this job. It was certainly more of a pain than I thought it would be, but well worth the effort. With the right replacement part, I think it would have been much easier overall.