Hey everybody. I'm replacing the compressor and orifice tube on me Mum's '02 Taurus at 110k miles, so they're all original parts. I've never done this job before so I need advice going in. I believe this car has an orifice tube vs. filter as when I'm on rockauto and drilled down to 2002 Ford Taurus OHV, in the Heat and Air Conditioning sub-menu it only gives an option for orifice tube and not filter, so I guess an orifice tube is what I got.
What little doo dads do I need besides the compressor and orifice tube going into this?...o-ring seals or some kind of general AC component seals replacement kit? Or things other than the seals I'm imagining running into?
Also, any just general advice going about this? Much obliged
Honestly, I agree with both of you because now is not the time to press forward with an all new BEV F150.
I would prefer that the market gets a real good look at Cybertruck and the BEV Silverado in these indifferent
selling times because with so much cynicism, both will be a mixed blessing to live with and please owners.
The beauty of that is Ford has the Lightning and it can concentrate on winning existing buyers with the
promise of a much better truck coming by trade in time in the next few years.
Well a good source told me they lost 50% of their Power Stroke allocation to Super Duty..(250-450?) But 7.3 orders were doing well..I guess if you want a 650/750 in less than a year that is your only option? I posed the question, so if 7,3 is to pick up slack will they finally offer air brakes???
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I think they are just keeping their cards close to their chest. The whole EV thing a lot more politicalized/beat to death by various media sources then it really needs to be. It apparently has a lot of interest, because of all the incendiary (pro and con) articles (often half baked) that are about EVs in general. Unfortunately we live in a world where the extremes are the only thing that is being reported or talked about. Ford is better off not talking about just because of that. Just look at the giant dud the Cybertruck is after all the hype.
Maybe start talking about it six months before it hits the showroom.
I find that highly unlikely. Seems like Ford wants to make their investment in VW based EVs something that's over and done with very quickly. I'd imagine we won't see Ford investing in broader, large scale EV production and sales until it's own CE1 based products come to market.
That's unfortunate, I remember where everyone was talking about how great it was, and how excited they were to finally show it to the public. I've heard it's going to be very expensive, so perhaps that's why some are less enthusiastic about it now that Ford knows the future of EVs is in compact, affordable vehicles, and not some massive 130 grand truck. They probably realize even if t3 is seen as very revolutionary, it probably won't sell in massive volumes.