Anyone have this? I am not having much luck at the local JY and was thinking about picking it up at the dealer or online. I have searched through every post about EATC and there is discussion about the differences but nothing on the part number.

 

uttt oooooo sounds like someone is getting ready to install an EATC!.....nice.....i would love to but dont have the patience to do all the rewiring and i dont think it has ever been done on a '97 so i dont know if the wiring would all be the same....

 

did you look on griggs site?

 

Oh have i looked on his site lol, i have it memorized and there is no part number.

 

Something tells me Bob will know lol..

 

wait, is that the part i broke? or did i miss something?

 

No its the part you couldnt get.

 

I have a part number for the overhead console temp sensor but I have never found the one for the EATC. I'm sure that a good dealer parts guy could get the correct number and order it tomorrow. Remember that you will also need to get the repair connector pigtail through Motorcraft and that is probably more expensive than the EATC ambient sensor itself.

Or you could try the salvage yards again.

 

Thanks Bob, I am going to attempt the JY again in another week or so. I may call the dealer to find out anyways. Thanks.

 

let me know if you still haven't found it by next weekend.....i plan on going to my jy to try and find parts for mom's explorer and maybe a t-case for Scott...

 

OK will do

 

FWIW, the '95 Explorer Manual shows a base part # of 12A648 for the Outside Ambient Temperature Sensor. That is the one for the EATC with the R/O and PK/BK wires.

 

The base number for the overhead console sensor is 12A647. Knowing that difference may be enough info to keep the dealer from ordering the wrong sensor, if it comes to that. Thanks Joe.

 

Good point Bob. It's interesting the part #s are so close.

I've noticed that Ford was consistent with using R/O and PK/BK wires for the Explorer EATC sensor, at least through the mid-late '90s, so that's maybe another way to help confirm the proper part.

 

That should work when removing the sensor from a vehicle at the junkyard but the sensor does not have any wires attached when ordered new. They are part of the Explorer engine bay harness.

 

yeah, i kept looking for that part, but i couldnt find an ex with a radiator or even 100% of the core support

 

True. I was thinking that maybe I would try and get the parts guy to do a search by way of the electrical diagrams if he can't pull up the part up another way. I'm assuming - maybe mistakenly - that the computer software used by the parts department can access wiring diagrams which not only reference components, but also the part #s associated with them.

 

Bill, I've got one laying around here. It's the one with the pink wires right? Because when I got the sensor for my OHC I just grabbed both. But I've got one laying around that I could probably mail you for free.

 

I did it on my 97. The instructions out there would work fine.

 

Tyler if you could find out for sure I would appreciate it. The Explorer EATC sensor wires are red/orange and pink/black. Let me know

 

I believe this picture shows the right one. It's the one that I have in my possesion. I'll send it to you if it's right.

 

the upper sensor in the pic, IIRC, is the ambient temp sensor...

I know the lower one is for the OHC...

 

That's the same as it was with the temp sensors I pulled off a '95 Explorer. But as Bob recently pointed out, you can't really go by the shape of the sensor alone:

https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...99&postcount=6

 

Hey Tyler if the sensor wires are red/orange and pink/black ill take it man. Let me know if you need my addy or if you still have it.