heater hoses v6

We bought this last night. It’s an 05 explorer. Eddie Bauer edition. Drove it 15 miles home and this piece started spewing antifreeze 1 mile from home. Saw the leak from the crack. Needing to know if this is in fact the heater hose connector? What is the standard size barbed connector for a 5/8...

Sometimes, make myself weep. Finally my heater control valve disintegrated. Broke it a few months ago and jbwelded it together to get o9ut of walking to the store again during a radiator replace/flush. I shoulda just replaced it, but I thought it would be expensive. It is not. Two...

Hi All, I had some repair work to do this past week on my 2000 V6 Ranger. In my haste of getting things apart, I didn't take a photo or mark the heater hoses. I thought, "I'll remember that easily....." Famous last words. I have one of the Ford shop manuals borrowed from my local dealer...