Jeffrey R (Oxroad@aol.com) said on the date of 9/28/00 3:23 PM

>You mean to tell me you have to remove the entire thermostat housing to
>replace the thermostat.  Not that that's a huge deal--but I just waited a
>total of a week for the new thermostat and new gasket for the thermostat
>assuming I could drop the bottom of the thermostat housing and replace the
>old thermostat. But that bottom doesn't seem to want to clear the exhaust
>manifold. I can't get the bottom of the housing off with the water pump,
>thermostat housing, and exhaust manafold installed. Am I doing something
>wrong?

     I remember having to pull the exhaust pipe off, which wasn't too
much of a chore......

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