plastic cover below radiator
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plastic cover below radiator
I have a 2003 E 150 Chateau that has a shroud or cover below the engine and radiator that fell off. It is attached by 3 push in plastic pins which broke and i can't get them out. The cover is more to the right side of the motor/radiator above the sway bar. My question is do I need this shield and if so how do I get the fasteners out?
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I have a 2003 E 150 Chateau that has a shroud or cover below the engine and radiator that fell off. It is attached by 3 push in plastic pins which broke and i can't get them out. The cover is more to the right side of the motor/radiator above the sway bar. My question is do I need this shield and if so how do I get the fasteners out?
http://img_0560.jpgI hope i did this right. This is a pic of the part of the cover facing down.
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I don't think so Moosey. Looks more like a cover to protect the lower radiator hose. It's sorta in that area. I posted a picture.
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I see it now. Idk. It got ripped off my truck one night in a ditch.
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That's a new part to me---never seen one on any van before---and I have an '03 E250 myself. 
Not to pester you further but a closer photo of the fasteners left behind would be very helpful.
If they seem to have a Phillips head screw in the middle you'd simply unscrew that part about 3/8" and then use a standard clip removing tool like a Lisle #35400, looks like this:
If those fasteners have a smooth rounded over head they're also removed with the same tool.
That is a nice part to have in place I think but its absence probably isn't fatal---how long's it been missing so far?
Anyway hope this helps!
Not to pester you further but a closer photo of the fasteners left behind would be very helpful.
If they seem to have a Phillips head screw in the middle you'd simply unscrew that part about 3/8" and then use a standard clip removing tool like a Lisle #35400, looks like this:
If those fasteners have a smooth rounded over head they're also removed with the same tool.
That is a nice part to have in place I think but its absence probably isn't fatal---how long's it been missing so far?
Anyway hope this helps!
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That's a new part to me---never seen one on any van before---and I have an '03 E250 myself.
Not to pester you further but a closer photo of the fasteners left behind would be very helpful.
If they seem to have a Phillips head screw in the middle you'd simply unscrew that part about 3/8" and then use a standard clip removing tool like a Lisle #35400, looks like this:
If those fasteners have a smooth rounded over head they're also removed with the same tool.
That is a nice part to have in place I think but its absence probably isn't fatal---how long's it been missing so far?
Anyway hope this helps!
Not to pester you further but a closer photo of the fasteners left behind would be very helpful.
If they seem to have a Phillips head screw in the middle you'd simply unscrew that part about 3/8" and then use a standard clip removing tool like a Lisle #35400, looks like this:
If those fasteners have a smooth rounded over head they're also removed with the same tool.
That is a nice part to have in place I think but its absence probably isn't fatal---how long's it been missing so far?
Anyway hope this helps!
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I do indeed have the 5.4---wouldn't own anything else in an E250 unless it was a V10! My '97. '00 & current '03 don't have anything like that part---have to check the salvage yards next trip.
My '97. '00 & current '03 don't have anything like that part---have to check the salvage yards next trip.
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I work at a salvage yard now lol. I'll give our stock of vans a peek and see what turns up. We have a 03 e150 and some older 150s up to a 05 450.