Team Chepsk8
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- Joined
- November 7, 2010
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- 118
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- City, State
- Easton PA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2001 Explorer Sport Trak
As most of you read in my venting post, replacing the thermostat assembly was not the delightfull and easy job we are hoping for. Dis-assembly was a motherF%$$#^ and the true culprit of all the problems was found, a $3.00 "O-ring".
I went on-line, and found at a few locations a replacement assembly, a DORMAN 902-204. I also ordered a new lower bypass hose, since I had cut up the old one, and while it was that far apart, best bet was to replace anyway. Advance Autoparts had one in the next morning, so I ordered there, $149.00.
I went to the store with the old parts to compare, and it was good I did. The party physically had the same body dimensions and mounting holes, but the part came without sensors, and the replacement part had different sized threaded holes, much different than the Ford part:
I went on-line, and found at a few locations a replacement assembly, a DORMAN 902-204. I also ordered a new lower bypass hose, since I had cut up the old one, and while it was that far apart, best bet was to replace anyway. Advance Autoparts had one in the next morning, so I ordered there, $149.00.
I went to the store with the old parts to compare, and it was good I did. The party physically had the same body dimensions and mounting holes, but the part came without sensors, and the replacement part had different sized threaded holes, much different than the Ford part: