Need help with an '86 F250

[giterdone352]

Howdy yall,

I need help identifying a part I broke on my '86 F250 with the 302EFI. i didnt see the mystery part in my haynes manual or on the Advanced Auto Parts website. I was going to change my water temp sending unit, and i needed to remove a rubber hose that was right above the old sending unit, the hose connects my mystery part to the bottom of the throttle body, then on the top of the throttle body another hose goes to the heater core. So when i loosened the hose clamp, and gave the rubber hose a little tug the male outlet snaped off and stayed inside the hose. The mystery part is about 2 in long, it stands up off the top of the intake manifold ( i think), near the thermastat housing. Its shaped like the head of a bolt, and it has the temp sending unit, a heatercore in, and heatercore out on it. I'll try to attach a pic of it also. Any help is appreciated, thanks

[giterdone352]

OK, new question same area, even though i didnt get an answer on my first one. The sending unit in the center of the pic (brass nut, black plastic sleeve). What is that for?? Water Temp. gauge or something else????

[goon]

its the temp sender(gauge) the piece you are looking for, they should be able to find it in the cooling system (bypass for heater) all 302 and 351 fuel injection have it from 86 to 96. If I remeber I will try to look it up in ford parts but I work in the back not the front for parts.