what is missing here?
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what is missing here?
Hi guys, new to the site, just bough a 99 F250SD and have a quick question, whats going on here? I have a feeling this isn't factory hose routing and wonder if whats missing might end up being problematic.
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What's missing here?
Looks like the AC was removed. Mine has what I think is a condenser and perhaps a compressor in the left hand area towards the firewall of your pic. I've only had my 99 F250SD V10 for about a month, but I agree you're missing components I have. Does the AC work?
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Go to this site Use your VIN number to get Ford Window Sticker and key in your VIN to get a copy of the window sticker to see if AC was original equipment on the vehicle. The dash controls could have been swapped after the AC was removed.
My used F250 came with what I thought was the factory 6CD changer. Turns out someone added it after the fact - even though it was a Ford unit. It came out of a year older vehicle based on the radio serial number. Who knows why some folks make the changes they do?
My used F250 came with what I thought was the factory 6CD changer. Turns out someone added it after the fact - even though it was a Ford unit. It came out of a year older vehicle based on the radio serial number. Who knows why some folks make the changes they do?
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The heater hoses were cut and spliced in two places, once right after the quick connects to the core, and once about a foot away. The heat does work. The way the hoses are routed seems strange to me, like they could be much shorter and more direct to the core.
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Go to this site Use your VIN number to get Ford Window Sticker and key in your VIN to get a copy of the window sticker to see if AC was original equipment on the vehicle. The dash controls could have been swapped after the AC was removed.
My used F250 came with what I thought was the factory 6CD changer. Turns out someone added it after the fact - even though it was a Ford unit. It came out of a year older vehicle based on the radio serial number. Who knows why some folks make the changes they do?
My used F250 came with what I thought was the factory 6CD changer. Turns out someone added it after the fact - even though it was a Ford unit. It came out of a year older vehicle based on the radio serial number. Who knows why some folks make the changes they do?
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heater hoses were spliced in a similar way on my truck. maybe previous owner had a slide in camper and ran heat to it.
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I, too, cannot make it work this morning.
This one works, but does not give you the window sticker - it simply decodes the VIN - https://www.fleet.ford.com/maintenan...ls/default.asp
Wonder if the sticker site will be back in operation soon? I have a pdf of mine, so it did work at one time. Pretty sure that is the site I used to get it.
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Here is another link that gets a number of options (like AC) but again, not the window sticker.
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Someone may have installed a heater core bypass at one time? I had a 00 F350 that had coolant lines spliced to a T where coolant would flow to a hydraulic fluid tank. Maybe they had something similar.