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- City, State
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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1997 Blue Ex 4.0 SOHC
- Callsign
- KAGG 3611 (CB)
4-08-24 Update: Yesterday I changed the oil on the white '97. It now has 200774 miles as of last night. That is 52,936 miles since the left front timing chain has been replaced. I looked at everything under the hood and didn't see anything wrong. Today my wife was halfway home and called me. She blew a coolant hose of some sort. I grabbed some tools and went and bought an upper and lower radiator hose and made my way 20 miles north. She was on the main drag in her old hometown. After I got there an hour and a half after the truck sat, we filled it up with the four gallons of water that I took with me, but water was coming out pretty fast. It was raining on us too and making it hard to see where the leak was. We elected to drive it less than a mile away to her daughter's house. I didn't want to leave it alone in an empty parking lot overnight.
At the stepdaughter's house, I started removing the air tube and upper radiator hose to get a better look. It turns out that a small 'L' shaped heater hose had blown. The one connected to the plastic thermostat housing. When I was trying to loosen the darned spring clamp, I hate those things, I apparently broke that plastic nipple off of the t-stat housing. I picked up all of my tools and quit for the afternoon.
Later at home and after dark, I started removing the t-stat housing off of the 2002 Sort Trac 4.0. The housing looks the same. I would like an aluminum housing however this truck needs to be fixed in the morning.
Big question. Should I be able to remove the thermostat housing off of the 2002 without removing the intake manifold. This is the manifold with the stripped out very back bolt. I know I may have to remove the upper intake of the '97 to get it back in place.
I re-read this thread and I see where I had removed the upper to install the t-stat housing after adjusting the front manual tensioner. I'm hoping I can slip the housing out from under the 2002 intake. I have already destroyed the brittle sending unit connectors. I have the heater hose off and the lower short hose heading to the water pump looks like it will come a loose easy.
Any tips?
At the stepdaughter's house, I started removing the air tube and upper radiator hose to get a better look. It turns out that a small 'L' shaped heater hose had blown. The one connected to the plastic thermostat housing. When I was trying to loosen the darned spring clamp, I hate those things, I apparently broke that plastic nipple off of the t-stat housing. I picked up all of my tools and quit for the afternoon.
Later at home and after dark, I started removing the t-stat housing off of the 2002 Sort Trac 4.0. The housing looks the same. I would like an aluminum housing however this truck needs to be fixed in the morning.
Big question. Should I be able to remove the thermostat housing off of the 2002 without removing the intake manifold. This is the manifold with the stripped out very back bolt. I know I may have to remove the upper intake of the '97 to get it back in place.
I re-read this thread and I see where I had removed the upper to install the t-stat housing after adjusting the front manual tensioner. I'm hoping I can slip the housing out from under the 2002 intake. I have already destroyed the brittle sending unit connectors. I have the heater hose off and the lower short hose heading to the water pump looks like it will come a loose easy.
Any tips?