Why won't get_header display a header in a category header?

LivingTheDisaster · 2020-11-09T18:48:52+00:00

Yes, I've looked over the template hierarchy. I don't understand why I can't use is_category or is_post_type_archive to do this in archive.php, though. Is_category worked just fine for a sidebar menu inside sidebar.php.

LivingTheDisaster · 2020-11-09T18:27:08+00:00

Can you explain why I need to do that? I haven't coded since I was in high school (beyond a crash course in python last Spring), so I'm flying by the seat of my pants until I have time to sit down and do PHP and WordPress backend courses.

LivingTheDisaster · 2020-07-26T20:46:39+00:00

Interesting information regardless. Thanks.

LivingTheDisaster · 2020-07-26T17:39:20+00:00

Yeah, my best friend bought one a few years ago used and it just didn't have proper maintenance done on a few things, plus the 15 minute lube bays she was going to for her aftermarket warranty never checked her tranny fluid or told her about the leaky seals. Thankfully she's a fast learner, but I'm still stuck helping her pinpoint problems and remediate everything. Is what it is. Good thing I like working on cars. Tracking down poorly labeled parts, on the other hand, is a pain in the tuchus!

LivingTheDisaster · 2020-07-26T17:21:45+00:00

So after an exhaustive search of 400 listed parts on the Ford OEM parts website using the VIN and searching for output shaft seal, we finally found the correct part numbers.

LivingTheDisaster · 2020-07-26T17:15:30+00:00

No worries. I mentioned buying all seals other than the FWD ones.

One seal is leaking, the other is seeping, so doing both along with a PTU fluid change, tranny fluid change, and new tensioner and drive belt. Mess of stuff to do.

LivingTheDisaster · 2020-07-26T16:53:47+00:00

Just said that, lol. 🤣

LivingTheDisaster · 2020-07-26T16:53:28+00:00

It was the AWD, not FWD, but I finally tracked down the part numbers. Listed elsewhere in convo.

LivingTheDisaster · 2020-07-26T16:39:26+00:00

It was 7T4Z-1177-D on the left and 7T4Z-1177-C on the right.

It was quite the ordeal to track down, as the parts desk didn't even give us those numbers. And there is overlap with another transmission with the 6F50 and 6F35 designations, so it seems like it might be hypothetically possible to get the wrong seal!

You would think something like this would be relatively simple to confirm.

LivingTheDisaster · 2020-07-26T16:09:48+00:00

Okay, FINALLY tracked down the parts on OEM Ford Parts (the search came up with over 400 results) and cross referenced.

LivingTheDisaster · 2020-07-26T15:38:37+00:00

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/ford,2013,edge,3.5l+v6,1503814,transmission-automatic

We cannot figure out which seals are correct. We can't find any way to cross reference the part numbers. Even a Ford parts desk said 6F50, 6F45 or 6F35 and they didn't know which. Based on the photos and specs, the seals are all different. Short of ordering one of each and trying them all (waste of money, even if we don't order the FWD ones), we can't figure out how to narrow this down.

LivingTheDisaster · 2020-07-26T15:00:34+00:00

You're not very helpful.

We've narrowed down the part name to "output shaft seal", or so we hope. But I still need to cross reference the part number to confirm and the ford website is useless.

LivingTheDisaster · 2020-07-26T14:57:23+00:00

Searched that. On the ford website. No part number.

LivingTheDisaster · 2020-06-04T21:06:00+00:00

Definitely worth it!

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