

| Subject: | Re: Aluminum thermostat housing............ |
| From: | Paul |
| Date: | Sun, 19 Aug 2012 15:49:53 -0700 |
Sorry about the lack of info the engine is the 1.9L and I'm just gonna go for it and hope for the best. I'll either fix it or be in the market. The list will know........... thx, Paul On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Paul <wognacious@gmail.com> wrote: > As luck would have it the two 8mm, I think, bolts that are on the opposite > side of the temp sensors in the thermostat housing sheared off due to being > seized in the holes due to lack of maintenance on my part. Anyhow I've > managed to drill them out to the point where I don't want to use a larger > drill bit and risk screwing up the threads. In fact in one of the bolts I > tried using an extractor type bit that broke off in the bolt too. Any sage > advice would be greatly appreciated. These are the last two stumbling > blocks, that I'm aware of now, standing in the way of me getting my engine > back in the van so we can go camping................ > Help, > Paul in Tracy >
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