On rockauto search heater valve. Or haggle with your dealership I got them down to $140 on one for a 2003 Lincoln LS V8. I know you can order them online but the warranty is sure easier if you buy it from a local place.
Right on, thanks. It's 67$ on Rock Auto, I buy almost all my parts from there nowadays, half the price of parts stores usually. Sometimes you don't want the cheapest option from rock Auto, but they have many choices.
Don't buy the aftermarket ones you will regret it.
I've got a 2003, even motorcraft is only 130 on Rock Auto but I'm gonna try the cheap one this go around, if it lasts a year it's worth it. I'm not a mechanic but I can work on a lot of it myself so I don't get charged the fortune in labor at least, I've had my thermostat plastic crap apart about three times already, going to be four because I don't get my water pump for a few more days but I just had to see if it fixed my leak. Ha
Interesting, thanks for the tip. what sort of issues did you have? Maybe I'll wait on that part, it's winter, I don't need ac for a few months anyway, ha
Myself, I say there is a good chance it could have messed up my DATC which is the temperature controls on the inside of the car and I had issues with fusses being blown. Some have had issues with the PCM because of these cheap DCCV's so why risk it! Also, if you are replacing the other parts in an old system you want to go ahead and replace it cause your gonna put more stress on the old plastic parts with the newer parts.
yeah that doesn't sound good, I'll save up some more money and get the motorcraft one then I guess. Any recommendations on suspension and brakes? I need all new struts eventually. Was thinking kyb or looking to try Gabriel.
On suspension, I have used Moog before and had 0 issues. I know others on here have used moog and had issues but I liked the fact they used grease fittings on their parts and they have the lifetime warranty. As far as shocks or struts go OEM would be the best route, but that option is fading away fast as parts are hard to come by. To get the OEM ride quality back a few on here have used the Blistens for a Jaguar but there is more to it than just swapping them out as there is a little difference.
yes I was leaning to Moog for that very reason also, however I got one upper control arm already and it did not have the grease zerk on it like it showed in the picture, oh well. Gonna try moog for the little links and other parts. Don't see any oem struts option, Gabriel sounded like maybe a little improvement over kyb but I'm not sure, never heard of them before.
Strange I know all my moog had them. I am pretty sure Gabriel is a junk brand but I could be wrong. I am sure others will chime in on that. And I know LEMFÖRDER is a brand that a lot of people like for the suspension parts. I know when I bought my stuff for suspension I mixed it up and bought Jaguar s-type parts as some of them are plug and play since so much is similar on the LS and a S-type. I went with whatever had the best price if it matched up.
My options are kyb, Gabriel, or Monroe basically, Monroe looks sounds like it imitates OEM the closest actually, but Gabriel sounds like an upgrade, but I'm far from an expert. I guess maybe there could be another source besides RockAuto but that's all I see on there. Not sure where else to look.
Monroe is junk that much I do know. There are people here that said their worn out factory shocks did better than new monroe. Monroe has been junk for years now.
I think I did read that post actually now that you mention it, hahaha! Gabriel's are more expensive than the kybs, but so are the monroes.
Lol, yea speaking of parking brake errors I got those too. Service parking brake shows up sometimes, sometimes it's fine, most times it's fine so far. definitely would not have bought one of these cars if I knew anything about them before I bought it. Was going to buy it fix the brakes that the ad said it needed and sell it again, but it needs a whole new suspension, cooling system leaks bunch other issues but it's a pretty cram pack loaded little car if everything's working correctly. fortunately I can fix most of the stuff myself and it's not too overly expensive and it's kind of a fun little car to drive to be honest so now I'm looking forward to fixing it up and keeping it. My other vehicle is a 2013 f350 Platinum 6.7 L diesel.
Yeah I don't really see how you can screw up a solenoid and a valve, but seems like lots of people have the same issues so there must be something to it, lol! I'll take his name cuz I really don't want to spend $150 on one, is it the same ddcv for all ls years? I have a 2003 3.9 L V8, I'll gamble. Thanks. I have a gen 2 but I wouldn't mind a bigger console either, and I'm 41 and I've used an ebrake about 3 times in my whole life, ha!
I got a 2-year warranty on my OEM one from Ford. I would rather go with new on a part like this but if you are able to rebuild them more power to you!
