Anyone know where I can find p/n E3TH-18D306-AA

My heat control cable broke in my ‘83.  Anymore know where I can get one?  It doesn’t have a/c or dash vents for that matter.

Well, I'm not sure where to start...

First, E3TH-A8D306-AA is not a part number.  Did you get that number off the part?  Then I hate to break it to you, but since the 1960's any number on a Ford part is not a part number.  Instead, it is an ID #.  (Yes, it makes no sense, but it is true.)

Second, that number doesn't exist in the Master Parts Catalog.  I'm not saying it isn't the correct ID #, but Ford didn't put many of the ID #'s in the MPC.  Just part #'s.  Some times you can find parts by the ID # but usually you need the actual part number. I have a cross reference where I can usually look up a PN from an ID #, and I can look that # up in the morning if you can confirm that it came off your part.

But you can find the part number yourself and may be able to find a source for it via a Google search.  Go to Documentation/HVAC/HVAC Systems and then click on the Part Numbers tab.  The base heat control cable is 18518, so scroll down to that and get the part number.  And then go searching for it.

But you might want to click on the Illustrations, Pics, etc tab and then click on the type of HVAC system you have and make sure that we are talking about the same cable.  They aren't cheap so you don't want to buy the wrong one.

I've spent a decent amount of time combing local junkyards for odds and ends and have come across a few trucks without A/C.  Normally the dash is disassembled already so it wouldn't take too much to pull the cable.  Thats what I recommend.

I'd go pick one and ship it to you but I'm not in a situation where I can do that for a few weeks at least.

Good luck.

I take it that's a pic of the ID # from yours.  I'll see if I can cross reference that number to a part # when I get to the shop.  And we can then make sure what number you are looking for.

But Numberdummy said in this thread that ID# crosses to PN E3TZ-18518-B.  And, that it is a 1983-only cable.

But searching for that number didn't turn up anything.  So you may have to resort to going to the salvage as was suggested.  However, some on here have had good luck going to a mower shop and having a cable made.

 

Gary Lewis wrote

I take it that's a pic of the ID # from yours.  I'll see if I can cross reference that number to a part # when I get to the shop.  And we can then make sure what number you are looking for.

But Numberdummy said in this thread that ID# crosses to PN E3TZ-18518-B.  And, that it is a 1983-only cable.

But searching for that number didn't turn up anything.  So you may have to resort to going to the salvage as was suggested.  However, some on here have had good luck going to a mower shop and having a cable made.

Gary, that was going to be my suggestion, a mower shop as the cable core is the same type of wire.

If you are wanting a jy cable but don't have access to one, feel free to post in the wanted section. I am in the same boat as Tyler with not knowing when I'll be back to the one near me but someone else may be able to look around for you. I know I check that section when I am in the yard so others may also.

E3TH-18D306-AA is a fine engineering number! You need part number E3TZ-18518-B. And, unfortunately, the exact cable is indeed 1983 only...

It's long obsolete, but this might give you a head start in finding one!