additionally ..
be gentle with the plastic of the t-stat housing.
it gets brittle with age,
I've seen the 'ears' for the clip break off.

On 9/3/2015 2:04 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) wrote:
> Dennis, here is what I do, have the new sensor with the new o-ring on it
> and ready to install.  Unplug the old sensor and remove the clip that holds
> it in place.  Pull out the old sensor and as quickly as you can install the
> new one.  Look at the old sensor to make sure that the old o-ring came out
> with it, if not pull the new one out and quickly fish out the old o-ring
> then put the new one back in.  Even if you go slow you are only going to
> lose a few tablespoons of coolant.  Have a small catch pan under the area
> if you are in your garage or somewhere you care about leaving a mess.
> Pretty easy.  Leave the pressure cap on the tank and that will help keep
> the coolant leak down to a trickle.  If you have the cap off, the coolant
> will come out with more force.  Also be sure to do it when the van is stone
> cold.
>
> Ken
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Going to replace my temp 2 sensor on my 1988 Westy GL today and wondered
>> what problems I would run into doing this. Will I lose a lot of coolant
>> when I pull the sensor out? I have to crawl on the ground under the vehicle
>> to,change this and didn't want to,get coolant all over everything.
>>
>> Dennis Jowell
>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>> Newbury, Vermont
>>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
>