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My temp gauge quit and I did a search, looks like the sender. Is that the one mounted above the thermostat housing?
Where's the one the ECU uses and which one controls the rad fan?
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Originally posted by fomoco:
My temp gauge quit and I did a search, looks like the sender. Is that the one mounted above the thermostat housing?
Where's the one the ECU uses and which one controls the rad fan?
crap - forgot to ask, anyone have a P/N for it (non Ford make) Autozone?
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Funny that you should ask. I just picked up a sender for my 95 Zetec a couple of hours ago, and I have it with me now. I bought the sender from O'Reilly's. It's made by Borg Warner, and it cost 8.99. The part number is WT665 (at least, I reckon that's the part number. That's the number stamped on the end of the box).
About the location: I'm not certain, but I believe the gauge sender is located below the thermostat on the zetec engine. I believe the ECU sensor is located on the top. Not certain though.
Hope this helps.
95 Contour Zetec, ATX (wrecked, sitting in the barn)
95 Mystique Zetec, MTX
2000 Taurus SEL 3.0L Duratec
1994 Crown Victoria LX 4.6 V8
1993 Chevy Silverado 4.3 V6
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Originally posted by bentleywarren:
About the location: I'm not certain, but I believe the gauge sender is located below the thermostat on the zetec engine. I believe the ECU sensor is located on the top. Not certain though.
You're right.
When I bought it, Autozone called "temperature ...something... SWITCH" the gauge sender and called SENSOR the ECU sender. They couldn't explain why they called it switch and kept giving me the wrong part when I argued that what I need is a sensor 
Took me a couple of runs to get the correct piece.
Tiv
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Hey whats that P/N I'm thinking this is what I need as well for my '96 GL.
-Black '96 GL 160k
-Car #30953
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Originally posted by BenS:
Hey whats that P/N I'm thinking this is what I need as well for my '96 GL.
I did a search for WT665 on Autozone and got
TEMPERATURE SWITCH WELLS TU206 $7.99
Gonna get one tomorrow and see
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Wow, I search on Autozone and for the same part it says $10.29....
-Black '96 GL 160k
-Car #30953
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I installed the WT665 a couple of days ago, and I'm not really happy with it. It appears that the calibration is different than it was with my original sender. With my old sender (before it died), highway cruising at moderate outside temperatures put the temperature gauge at about the RM of NORMAL. Now, with the new sender, highway cruising puts the gauge at A in NORMAL. I suppose that's not really bad, except that now I don't know what the gauge has to read for me to recognize that the engine is overheating.
95 Contour Zetec, ATX (wrecked, sitting in the barn)
95 Mystique Zetec, MTX
2000 Taurus SEL 3.0L Duratec
1994 Crown Victoria LX 4.6 V8
1993 Chevy Silverado 4.3 V6
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