Originally Posted by brendan

i had no time to replace that hose assembly. i was looking at it and i was thinking that the trans has to come out, i went to the ford dealer, they said that it has to come out. i took pickup to a shop and he did not want to do the job, i said that you have to take out the trans. he did it for 500 bucks. i think the hose assembly cost 125 bucks. the thermostat is not cheep , i think i payed 100 bucks or so