lonstar7
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Round Rock, TX
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I have found some NOS Motorcraft struts on the internet. I would like to buy them if they are the right parts.I saw some photo of them and they look like 1987-88 Turbo Coupe PRC struts. The part # on the box is E7SZ-18124B. I did a search here and saw -18124A and -18124C as numbers for PRC struts, but not -18124B. Is this a legitimate PRC strut part #?
Lonestar7
1988 Black/Red TC, 5 Speed, 92,400miles (on 4/14/2012). KYB Shocks And Struts, 140MPH Speedo, CHE Rear Control Arms, Otherwise Stock.
2005 Volkswagon Golf GLS 1.9L TDI Turbo Diesel, 5 Speed Manual, InMotion Stage II Chip Tuning
1998 Dodge Ram 2500 4X4, 5.9L Cummings Turbo Diesel, 5 Speed Manual
1988 Firebird Formula 350, 350ci Tuned Port Injection, 700R4 Auto
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PJay1
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Dubois, PA
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Those are the non-PRC struts. You can look up Ford Part Numbers at silverstatefordparts.com.
88 Turbo coupe; roller ranger cam, stock otherwise
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lonstar7
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Round Rock, TX
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Quote:Originally posted by PJay1:
Those are the non-PRC struts. You can look up Ford Part Numbers at silverstatefordparts.com.
You could be right, but I hope your wrong because I just bought them. The price was too good to let them go if there is any chance they are PRC struts. I have a CD copy of the 1980-1980 Ford Master Parts catalog (it's enormous), and according to it E7SZ-18124 is the correct part number for the 1987-88 TC PRC strut, but it doesn't show any letter after the last number so it's a bit confusing as to what the A,B, and C at the end means. Anyway I'll know for sure next week when they get here.
Lonestar7
1988 Black/Red TC, 5 Speed, 92,400miles (on 4/14/2012). KYB Shocks And Struts, 140MPH Speedo, CHE Rear Control Arms, Otherwise Stock.
2005 Volkswagon Golf GLS 1.9L TDI Turbo Diesel, 5 Speed Manual, InMotion Stage II Chip Tuning
1998 Dodge Ram 2500 4X4, 5.9L Cummings Turbo Diesel, 5 Speed Manual
1988 Firebird Formula 350, 350ci Tuned Port Injection, 700R4 Auto
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Jeff K
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Milwaukee, WI
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Just looked at the new in the boxes set I have in the basement. E7SZ-18124-C is the part # on the box. GOOD FIND!!!!
Jeff Korn
88 Turbo Coupe: Intake and exhaust mods, T3 turbo at 24 psi, forced air IC, water injection, BPV, Ranger cam, subframes, etc., etc.
86 Tbird 5.0 (original owner): intake, exhaust, valvetrain mods, 100 HP N2O, ignition, gears, suspension, etc., etc.
11 Crown Vic Interceptor
14 Toyota Camry (wifes car)
95 Taurus GL Vulcan winter beater
67 Honda 450 Super Sport - completely customized
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lonstar7
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Round Rock, TX
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Quote:Originally posted by Jeff K:
Just looked at the new in the boxes set I have in the basement. E7SZ-18124-C is the part # on the box. GOOD FIND!!!!
Well, I hope so, but the part number on the one's I just bought ends with "B". If you look at the part number list on this site it shows E7SZ-18124-A as the PRC strut part number, so I'm still not sure.
Lonestar7
1988 Black/Red TC, 5 Speed, 92,400miles (on 4/14/2012). KYB Shocks And Struts, 140MPH Speedo, CHE Rear Control Arms, Otherwise Stock.
2005 Volkswagon Golf GLS 1.9L TDI Turbo Diesel, 5 Speed Manual, InMotion Stage II Chip Tuning
1998 Dodge Ram 2500 4X4, 5.9L Cummings Turbo Diesel, 5 Speed Manual
1988 Firebird Formula 350, 350ci Tuned Port Injection, 700R4 Auto
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PJay1
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Dubois, PA
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According to silverstatefordparts.com the "B" is w/o turbo and the "C" is with turbo. The "B" also fits those with 6 and 8 cylinders.
88 Turbo coupe; roller ranger cam, stock otherwise
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gtrag94
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Fort Wayne, IN
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that last letter is just the revision of the part. also... when you're taking yours apart, you can verify what came off the car and post here for everyone to know. thanks!
1986 TC 5-spd (Red/Red cloth)
K&N Cone on VAM; front suspension by KYB, Moog, Energy Suspension.
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lonstar7
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Round Rock, TX
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Quote:Originally posted by gtrag94:
that last letter is just the revision of the part. also... when you're taking yours apart, you can verify what came off the car and post here for everyone to know. thanks!
Yeah, that's what I'm hoping. According to the Ford Master parts catalog, the first part of the is the most important, E7 is 1987, S is for the Thunderbird model, Z is for the Turbo Coupe submodel. A part starting with E7SZ or E8SZ seems to be specific to the 1987-88 Turbo Coupe. The 18124 number seems to be a common designation for the front strut across many different models.
Lonestar7
1988 Black/Red TC, 5 Speed, 92,400miles (on 4/14/2012). KYB Shocks And Struts, 140MPH Speedo, CHE Rear Control Arms, Otherwise Stock.
2005 Volkswagon Golf GLS 1.9L TDI Turbo Diesel, 5 Speed Manual, InMotion Stage II Chip Tuning
1998 Dodge Ram 2500 4X4, 5.9L Cummings Turbo Diesel, 5 Speed Manual
1988 Firebird Formula 350, 350ci Tuned Port Injection, 700R4 Auto
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I looked at those to on e bay, nope, their not for our T/Cs. still a good Ford part, price was right if you can use them . D.Wilder
DW
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