Removal of heater hose steel nipple from intake manifold 4L?
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no threads. pressed in steel tube into hole in aluminum lower intake manifold into coolant jacket.
had to split out the old tube with chisel and tap hole with 3/8" NPT tap, replaced with 3/8" NPT brass nipple. put in with teflon tape
not a Furd better idea. pressed in steel nipples in coolant connections subject to stress and shaking.
sure made an mess of my nice pretty clean and painted Ford Blue intake manifold after the intake gasket replacement.
suggestion, remove the steel nipple and replace with brass threaded nipple anytime manifold is off for other work. so much easier
my ex-pretty manifold now looks like an industrial jack hammer has been used on that corner
had to split out the old tube with chisel and tap hole with 3/8" NPT tap, replaced with 3/8" NPT brass nipple. put in with teflon tape
not a Furd better idea. pressed in steel nipples in coolant connections subject to stress and shaking.
sure made an mess of my nice pretty clean and painted Ford Blue intake manifold after the intake gasket replacement.
suggestion, remove the steel nipple and replace with brass threaded nipple anytime manifold is off for other work. so much easier
my ex-pretty manifold now looks like an industrial jack hammer has been used on that corner
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Oh you mean this guy? (Circled In Red)
One of those other fittings crapped out on me a few years back a hole rusted through the Ford dealer looked at me like I was crazy when I tried to find another one.
None of their diagrams showed it. You can see my brass "Home Depot Special Fix" in This Pic . I used O2 sensor safe High Temp RTV to seal the threads.
The dash temperature sensor plugs into the top and the hose out the bottom tees off from the lower radiator hose.
On a related note here is the original part that the brass fitting replaced just curious if anyone else has this fitting on their 3.0 mines a 96?
One of those other fittings crapped out on me a few years back a hole rusted through the Ford dealer looked at me like I was crazy when I tried to find another one.
None of their diagrams showed it. You can see my brass "Home Depot Special Fix" in This Pic . I used O2 sensor safe High Temp RTV to seal the threads.
The dash temperature sensor plugs into the top and the hose out the bottom tees off from the lower radiator hose.
On a related note here is the original part that the brass fitting replaced just curious if anyone else has this fitting on their 3.0 mines a 96?
Last edited by krankshaft; 11-01-2007 at 08:03 PM.
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nothing like that on a 4L. just a straight steel tube pounded 3 inches into a hole in the intake manifold for the heater hose.
it's not listed in ford parts either.
they made millions of these morfidite connections
steel tube pounded into a cast aluminum manifold that is heated and under water pressure, what a dumb engineer cheap trick
it's not listed in ford parts either.
they made millions of these morfidite connections
steel tube pounded into a cast aluminum manifold that is heated and under water pressure, what a dumb engineer cheap trick
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Originally Posted by bozzzz94
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Ahhh so I thought you were a Ford guy
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Ahhh so I thought you were a Ford guy
Aero Aero Tauras
REDDDDDDddddddddddddddd????????
Are you have a chevy guy relapse????????
Sorry Charlie----------we bleed BBBBBLLLLLLUUUUUUEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!
Oh yes, I used to drive a Jeep with a 2.8L V6 Chevy engine. I got rid of it because I couldn't stand the unfixable oil leak on my driveway
Krankshaft: When I had my intake manifold out of the 4.0L, I thought about replacing that nipple the way Cliff did, but then I chickened out. However, I did replace the nipple on the 3.0L with a brass nipple from Home Depot just like you did.
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Have 1999 Ford Ranger 4.0L same strait steel nipple. I loosened clamp and pulled the hose off, except It pulled the entire nipple out of the manifold. The steel that was inserted in the manifold had completely disintegrated.Two unlike metals pressed together like this is a no - no. Off to HomeDepo !
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