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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 10:52 AM
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I have a 1985 F-250 4x4 w/c6 automatic. The flexplate has a bad spot in it. So I was going to replace. Well I found out that Ford had discontinued them several years back. They told me there where not enought in the country to produce for anymore. Does anyone have any ideas on where I can get one. I have searched high in low in about every spot I can think of and I am getting very desperate.
 
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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 11:10 AM
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Exclamation 6.9L & 7.3L Flywheel Ring Gear ~ M/T AND A/T

Originally Posted by DustinDLamb
I have a 1985 F-250 4x4 w/c6 automatic. The flexplate has a bad spot in it. So I was going to replace. Well I found out that Ford had discontinued them several years back. They told me there where not enought in the country to produce for anymore. Does anyone have any ideas on where I can get one. I have searched high in low in about every spot I can think of and I am getting very desperate.
E3TZ6375D .. Flywheel / Obsolete

Fits: 1983/87 E250/350 & F250/350 6.9L/C6.

I found exactly ONE new original = email sent.
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EDIT = If the ring gear is stripped, it's available separately.

E5TZ6384B .. Flywheel Ring Gear / Fits: 1983/89 6.9L & 7.3L M/T and A/T / 1990 and later 7.3L A/T.

AVAILABLE from Ford > >

MSRP: $90.88 // FTE sponsor Y2KFORDPARTS.COM price: $65.44.

Y2K = aka PARTSGUYED.COM = MILLENNIUM FORD in Seattle WA.

Did your dealer give you this ring gear info? Prolly not! PINHEADS!!

Usually...only the ring gear goes bad, so...I can kinda see why Ford killed off the 6.9L's A/T flywheel.

Take the flywheel to a autoparts store's machine shop, they can cut the old ring gear off, "sweat" the new ring gear on.

This is SOP = Standard Operating Procedure for replacing ring gears.
 
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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 12:54 PM
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I have another 1985 Ford f-250 2wd. Are those the same flexplates as the 4wd?
 
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E3TZ6375D .. Flywheel (Flexplate) / Obsolete

Fits: 1983/87 E250/350 & F250/350 6.9L/C6 2WD/4WD.
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E5TZ6384B .. Flywheel & Flexplate Ring Gear

Fits: 1983/89 6.9L & 7.3L M/T and A/T 2WD/4WD / 1990 and later 7.3L A/T 2WD/4WD.
I didn't type 2WD/4WD originally because there is no difference. If there was, I would have said so.

If the teeth are stripped on your flywheel (flexplate) just replace the ring gear.

I could only find one new A/T flywheel (flexplate) for a 6.9.

I can just imagine what the dealer wants for it...since it's obsolete...and no one else (Ford dealers or obsolete parts vendors) has any.

btw: Ford has never used the term flexplate. It's flywheel regardless of what the transmission is.
 
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Thankyou very much. You have saved me alot of greaf
 
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