7.3 thermostat from Hell (china)

[opusd2]

And their steel is junk.

 

[sle2115]

sounds fine, I've been intalling them for years too, but why take a chance, who knows who's making them now...with all the world economy going to hell..could be chineese and you'd never know it...

And the same can be said for the Motorcraft unit!

 

[sle2115]

Much easier to go after Ford if their stuff sucks versus an aftermarket dealer who is going to pawn you off to China to get resolution if their stuff does not perform as advertised. Bottom line, you get what you pay for and their IS cheap insurance out there!!!

Uhm, I can promise you, you will get nothing from either except maybe a free thermostat! You will be told it was an install problem, etc. On the other hand, I've seen great aftermarket companies go to great lengths to satisfy a customer, Wix being one...the story has been told before, but they put two PSD motors in for customers of mine who had Oil Filter thread issues. Ford won't even recall/fix a firewall that has issues...sorry, I'll take my chances elsewhere.