Hello I inherited a 95 3.0 (no a/c ) 4x4 Ranger.

I thought the water pump was leaking however I traced to the part in the pictures provided below. I think that is the temp. coolant sensor on top. Can the part which the radiator hose be purchased and replaced?

 

It's just called an elbow and is a common place to rust out and leak on the 3.0l

Try F77Z-18599-AA

Thats the part number

Its a pain to install because you have to pull off a few parts so you can spin it/thread it into place


And thats the temp SENDER for the dash board temp gauge, you know this because it only has 1 wire connected
Sensors all have at least 2 wires

ECT(engine coolant temp) sensor is 2 wires and uses 5volts, computer uses this for choke mode(cold engine) and warm engine idle

ECT Sender is 1 wire and uses 12volts, and it uses the engine as its Ground, so make sure a few threads at the bottom are bare for a good ground, on the sender AND the Elbow, or temp gauge will act funny

These are not interchangeable, just FYI