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Can't find pigtails!

Old Feb 17, 2018
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Icon9 Can't find pigtails!

I'm replacing the thermostat housing and coolant temp sensors in my 2001 XLT, and all of that is fine, but I cannot find the pigtails for the sensors!
Has anyone here ever replaced these before? I'm in a rush to finish this job, and I'm at a stop because of this. I would appreciate any help
 
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Embarassingly enough I was able to find them after getting a parts guy to look into it with me. You wouldn’t be able to find intake manifold bolts too would you?
 
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Auto wrecker for those.
Ford may have them, but even if they do, they will be a fortune, problem something like 20 bucks or more for one bolt.

Found this too.

https://www.ranger-forums.com/4-0l-o...-bolts-146624/

What happened to your bolts ?
I don't see why you couldn't go to a machine shop and just match them up.
They may not be a Torx style head, but you should be able to find an allen key type.
They're not TTY bolts.
 
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It’s not so much the bolts, but it’s the seals that come with them. They’re hard and some are cracked now, so I need to replace them. Oh also I rounded out somebody of the torx heads taking them out too!
 
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I have a 3 litre, so I'm not familiar with the seals.
I will have to dig around to find out about them.

If you've rounded one of the Torx heads, the you may be using one size too small, it's easily done.
 
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they look like this
 
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just broke a thermostat housing bolt off in the housing
 
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Ah yes, those are the upper intake manifold bolts.
Your upper intake manifold is plastic.

Let me have a look around.
 
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Did the bolt break off flush with the housing or is there a bit still sticking up ?
 
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lol yeah those are the ones. It took me a few hours and I had to call like 7 different parts places but a napa near me can order them and get them on Monday. So I'll have a day to put my intake manifold back on. The pressure is on
 
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The bolt is actually broke off about an inch down inside of the housing, so that ain't coming off again any time soon..
 
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