hmmmm...cooling....hmmmm....short term solution....hmmmm
Chris in Trinidad
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> From: Theo Smit <TSmit@novatel.ca>
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Thermostat housing
> Date: Thursday, October 01, 1998 2:55 PM
>
> Bingo. Eyeball judgment says that the lower hole is also just obscured by
the
> upper edge of the water pump, which means that has to come off also. If
the
> thread that's in there is not too badly gored out, I am planning to make
a
> temporary repair by cleaning the threads (even that means I have to cut a
tap so
> it's short enough to clear the water pump) and putting in a stud so I
stress the
> remaining threads as little as possible.
>
> I just want to know what the original thread was (coarse or fine) so I
can do
> this without doing any more damage. When the engine comes out, I'll
Helicoil
> that hole, but I would like a short-term solution.
>
> Theo Smit
> tsmit@novatel.ca
> B382002705
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob Palmer [SMTP:rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 1998 12:24 PM
> > To: Craig Wright; Theo Smit
> > Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Thermostat housing
> >
> > At 09:44 AM 10/1/98 -0700, Craig Wright wrote:
> > >Hello Theo,
> > >
> > >If I were you, I'd try to install a Heli-coil in the bad bolt hole.
You
> > can buy a kit for
> > >different sizes at most large auto stores. The process is to drill the
> > hole a littles
> > >larger and use the tap supplied with the kit to tap the hole slightly
> > larger. You then
> > >screw in a coil that looks like a spring and you are then back to the
> > original, desired
> > >thread size, and it is just as strong as it was originally. Takes
about
> > and hour.
> > >
> > >Craig Wright
> > >
> >
> > Craig,
> >
> > I assume that one-hour installation time doesn't include removing the
> > radiator, which is necessary unless you happen to have a right-angle
drill
> > motor to drill the thermostat housing holes with.
> >
> >
> > Robert L. Palmer
> > Dept. of AMES, Univ. of Calif., San Diego
> > rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
> > rpalmer@cts.com
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