Thanks for all the helpful replies. Leaky (until I fix it that's it's name) made
it home OK yesterday and is resting with the aid of a bedpan. The upshot of all
of this is:
The thermostat housing mounting holes are 5/16-18 (or NC). There's two of them,
one that's on the right, upper, and hard to get to. The other one is on the
left, lower, partially obscured by the water pump/timing cover, and _really_hard
to get to and fix.
Don't be a DPO and use a socket and extension past the water pump to drive in
the lower bolt at an angle because it wrecks the threads in the manifold.
Theo Smit
tsmit@novatel.ca
B382002705 (Leaky)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wright, Larry [SMTP:lrw@aop.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 02, 1998 5:40 AM
> To: Tigerlist * (E-mail)
> Subject: Department of Housing
>
> Theo Smit wrote:
> *Is this in response to my post on the thermostat housing? (SNIP)
> *I'd like to use the fasteners' size and thread that were originally
> used.
>
> Look for bolts marked "auto" or "tr" on the heads.
>
> I need to go look at my engine; didn't recall a "lower" bolt, thought
> they were left and right, at about the same height, and both d*mn hard
> to get to. BTW, if I were you, and you mentioned pulling the manifold
> for the job, I'd install the thermostat & housing while the manifold
> (stand it up on end) was still out of the car, then pop the
> manifold/thermostat/housing assembly in place together.
>
> Lawrence R. Wright
> Purchasing Analyst
> Andrews Office Products Div. of USOP
> lrw@aop.com
> Ph. 301.386.7923 Fx. 301.386.5333
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