So based off of Chris’s great cooling system overhaul thread I am redoing mine. My question is this. Today I received my Mopar? replacement t-stat housing but it seems lighter than the one I took off and some of the symbols/numbers are different and somewhat sketchy. I also noticed that the build quality doesn’t seem anywhere near as good as the original take off. There are numerous imperfections in the material on the replacement housing that my 14 yr old housing doesn’t seem to have (see pic of me pointing to neck). It arrived in a Mopar box but these days that may or may not be legit. I am incluidning pics but since my old one is dirty I will explain in more detail a couple of my concerns. Both have the number 53006192 but one is stamped G17 (new) and one is stamped G18 (old). My main symbol concern is my original has 04 stamped in it with a circle of lines around it that is nice and neat and easy to read. The replacement has a couple of X’s and some poorly stamped symbol I can’t even recognize (see pic of me pointing to both). Kind of looks like a sideways S or 8. Was I dooped?
I briefly glanced through a few cooling threads and didn’t see this exact topic so if it’s out there and I am creating a duplicate post I apologize in advance. Thanks in advance for everyone’s help.
I briefly glanced through a few cooling threads and didn’t see this exact topic so if it’s out there and I am creating a duplicate post I apologize in advance. Thanks in advance for everyone’s help.