Help with F250 Refresh
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3rd Gear
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Help with F250 Refresh
Good evening all,
I am doing a moderate refresh on a family members truck (little bit of everything- interior, exterior, suspension, engine repair, etc) and have run into some complications I’m hoping some of you experts can assist with.
The truck is a 99 F250 7.3 2WD Auto.
Anyway, the current stumping is coming in the form of a misbehaving water temp sender. The gauge panel currently shows cold all the time. I jumped the connector under the hood and the gauge pegged max so the wiring / gauge seems to be working properly.
According to all my research, the truck needs this part:
F65Z-10884-AA
However, that part is showing discontinued everywhere.
The replacement suggested seems to be SW-5130 but I am seeing it showing as discontinued or out of stock a bunch of places as well.
TS380 was mentioned as an option but with all these mixed messages and people not seemingly sure of what they need with the original pn# discontinued, I figured I would ask the experts instead of gambling.
Does anyone have any thoughts?
I am doing a moderate refresh on a family members truck (little bit of everything- interior, exterior, suspension, engine repair, etc) and have run into some complications I’m hoping some of you experts can assist with.
The truck is a 99 F250 7.3 2WD Auto.
Anyway, the current stumping is coming in the form of a misbehaving water temp sender. The gauge panel currently shows cold all the time. I jumped the connector under the hood and the gauge pegged max so the wiring / gauge seems to be working properly.
According to all my research, the truck needs this part:
F65Z-10884-AA
However, that part is showing discontinued everywhere.
The replacement suggested seems to be SW-5130 but I am seeing it showing as discontinued or out of stock a bunch of places as well.
TS380 was mentioned as an option but with all these mixed messages and people not seemingly sure of what they need with the original pn# discontinued, I figured I would ask the experts instead of gambling.
Does anyone have any thoughts?
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Good evening all,
I am doing a moderate refresh on a family members truck (little bit of everything- interior, exterior, suspension, engine repair, etc) and have run into some complications I’m hoping some of you experts can assist with.
The truck is a 99 F250 7.3 2WD Auto.
Anyway, the current stumping is coming in the form of a misbehaving water temp sender. The gauge panel currently shows cold all the time. I jumped the connector under the hood and the gauge pegged max so the wiring / gauge seems to be working properly.
According to all my research, the truck needs this part:
F65Z-10884-AA
However, that part is showing discontinued everywhere.
The replacement suggested seems to be SW-5130 but I am seeing it showing as discontinued or out of stock a bunch of places as well.
TS380 was mentioned as an option but with all these mixed messages and people not seemingly sure of what they need with the original pn# discontinued, I figured I would ask the experts instead of gambling.
Does anyone have any thoughts?
I am doing a moderate refresh on a family members truck (little bit of everything- interior, exterior, suspension, engine repair, etc) and have run into some complications I’m hoping some of you experts can assist with.
The truck is a 99 F250 7.3 2WD Auto.
Anyway, the current stumping is coming in the form of a misbehaving water temp sender. The gauge panel currently shows cold all the time. I jumped the connector under the hood and the gauge pegged max so the wiring / gauge seems to be working properly.
According to all my research, the truck needs this part:
F65Z-10884-AA
However, that part is showing discontinued everywhere.
The replacement suggested seems to be SW-5130 but I am seeing it showing as discontinued or out of stock a bunch of places as well.
TS380 was mentioned as an option but with all these mixed messages and people not seemingly sure of what they need with the original pn# discontinued, I figured I would ask the experts instead of gambling.
Does anyone have any thoughts?
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3rd Gear
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I think it has something to do with all the confusion between auto and manual 7.3s and the different temp measuring strategies and most of these parts places not differentiating (or even asking) between auto and manuals, only asking engine.
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3rd Gear
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They try hard to weed out the knock offs.
https://www.riffraffdiesel.com/searc...ection=product
https://www.riffraffdiesel.com/searc...ection=product
You got my hopes up for a minute haha.
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I hate to say it, but unless a person has collected a hoard of spare OEM parts, time is running out to get replacements.
To those who are unaware (or even upset) that Ford no longer supplies parts for vehicles that, at a minimum, have been of voting age for three years and most which are up to 31 years old now, it's unreasonable to expect them to. It's really a miracle they'd kept making parts for them as long as they did, especially when I'm sure more than a few gubbermint alphabet agencies were breathing down the corporate collars to make sure the 7.3L was forced off of the roadways due to lack of repair parts for at least a decade by now.
It could be worse as I tried getting some front axle parts for a 2013 Chevy 2500 last year; the same parts that had been used from 1998 to 2018......5 years old......and I had to buy good used ones from ebay due to them being discontinued by GM.
To those who are unaware (or even upset) that Ford no longer supplies parts for vehicles that, at a minimum, have been of voting age for three years and most which are up to 31 years old now, it's unreasonable to expect them to. It's really a miracle they'd kept making parts for them as long as they did, especially when I'm sure more than a few gubbermint alphabet agencies were breathing down the corporate collars to make sure the 7.3L was forced off of the roadways due to lack of repair parts for at least a decade by now.
It could be worse as I tried getting some front axle parts for a 2013 Chevy 2500 last year; the same parts that had been used from 1998 to 2018......5 years old......and I had to buy good used ones from ebay due to them being discontinued by GM.
It's a Van Gogh
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Wholly crap!
Go to your local auto wrecker and grab 3.
Otherwise I see one available on RockAuto for $180.
More Information for MOTORCRAFT SW5130
Go to your local auto wrecker and grab 3.
Otherwise I see one available on RockAuto for $180.
More Information for MOTORCRAFT SW5130
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I hate to say it, but unless a person has collected a hoard of spare OEM parts, time is running out to get replacements.
To those who are unaware (or even upset) that Ford no longer supplies parts for vehicles that, at a minimum, have been of voting age for three years and most which are up to 31 years old now, it's unreasonable to expect them to. It's really a miracle they'd kept making parts for them as long as they did, especially when I'm sure more than a few gubbermint alphabet agencies were breathing down the corporate collars to make sure the 7.3L was forced off of the roadways due to lack of repair parts for at least a decade by now.
It could be worse as I tried getting some front axle parts for a 2013 Chevy 2500 last year; the same parts that had been used from 1998 to 2018......5 years old......and I had to buy good used ones from ebay due to them being discontinued by GM.
To those who are unaware (or even upset) that Ford no longer supplies parts for vehicles that, at a minimum, have been of voting age for three years and most which are up to 31 years old now, it's unreasonable to expect them to. It's really a miracle they'd kept making parts for them as long as they did, especially when I'm sure more than a few gubbermint alphabet agencies were breathing down the corporate collars to make sure the 7.3L was forced off of the roadways due to lack of repair parts for at least a decade by now.
It could be worse as I tried getting some front axle parts for a 2013 Chevy 2500 last year; the same parts that had been used from 1998 to 2018......5 years old......and I had to buy good used ones from ebay due to them being discontinued by GM.
Cleatus... you shut your filthy mouth you hear!
Ford needs to offer parts a long as I have a 7.3 you understand? shakes fist at the sky and screams a bit 
cheers!
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