[Spridgets] 948 thermostat housing

[GUY DAY]

Chuck,
Obvious - You have not been using English coolant !  😃
 
Seriously, I've never seen this before so I can only suggest in the 
dark.  If others have come across it please shout out.....  
    * The inside of the thermostat housing should not be scored by the 
top of the thermostat, there should be a clearance.  This may suggest 
that one or the other is the wrong English part that may look as if it 
is the right one, but it was made for something else and just looks as 
if it fits.  
    * Could it be the upper housing (the bit you are going to weld) 
and/or the bottom have been filed or smoothed down at their joining 
surfaces (perhaps for a closer fit) and this brought the top of the 
upper housing down onto the thermostat?  
    *
Is the cut-out groove that seats the thermostat clear ?  
Best wishes
Guy R Day
------ Original Message ------
From: spridgets at autox.team.net
To: spridgets at autox.team.net; easternoshitgroup at groups.io
Sent: Saturday, February 8th 2025, 02:31
Subject: [Spridgets] 948 thermostat housing
 
Well it had to happen somewhere... right?
How about an English made thermostat in an English engine damaging the 
English correct thermostat housing?
For ever I've endured the wrong part from some backyard parts supplier 
stuck in where it does not belong.  This time it's a seemingly proper 
part in a proper car....
Anyone else find this on their car?  
I'm going to aluminum weld the crack just because the casting is too 
nice to recycle.  Usually I find these horribly corroded where the hose 
attached....this one is too nice....
Chuck

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