Put some lubricant like grease on the necks of the housings so they turn
easier and don't rip the rubber off the caps.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <9laser3@bright.net>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 5:02 PM
Subject: 1600 Thermostat cap ?s
> Almost at the end of the "valve-job-from-hell". Don't ask! The last
> thing to fail was the radiator cap on the thermostat housing! It is only
> three years old but the rubber gasket decided it wanted out!
> Question: while I wait for CDM to send me a new one, can I RTV the
gasket
> back in place? I'm dying to get this car out on the road and Saturday is
> supposed to be sunny and 75 degrees ( North eastern Ohio has been rain &
60
> degrees for about two or three weeks now!)!!!
>
> Paul
> OROC
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