Ford 4.0 V6 Thermostat housing leaking 

don,t you get tired of these auto company cutting corners to save a buck.i remember when a gas tank had a drain plug.back in 1963 i was talking to a ford eng he said they were designed with the plug but when it went to cost analist they could save 30 cents by leaving the plug out .what a consept .so much for that.keep up the good work bill

I'm about to replace mine for the third time on a Ford Ranger. The first time all three bolts broke off in the block so please, please use anti-seize! Ford charged me $45 dollars for those three little bolts and getting them out with a torch wasn't fun. My other tip is to tie thread to those little sensor clips when taking them out and putting them in because they WILL go flying and you WON'T find them. Trying to find replacements is going to be one of your nightmares. A long piece of thread and you can just reel them in. I'm going with the metal this time so this headache will finally be over. Watching videos so I don't screw the pooch on something simple that I didn't consider. I already saw one guy screw up because the plug on the sensor was keyed differently for a different vehicle and he had to redo it to get the right sensor in there. If there are any other "catches" to this let me know because I hate doing this job.

Where did you purchase the aluminum thermostat housing? Looking to change mine out on my 2008 sport trac for the second time now. Great video by the way

Does the thermostat come with the assembly?

providing that o ring holds up all you have to do is pull top 3 bolts to change the thermostat? was there one in it for $70?