Changing T-Stat housing (any suggestions)
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And... I seriously recommend you get or make a crowsfoot wrench for the riser and change it without removing the manifold. I bought a couple of $3.00 wrenches, then used my torch to heat the neck while the working end of the wrench was in a vise, then beat it over. Then I ground the wrench thinner using an angle grinder, and removed some material from the sides of the "open end". A crowsfoot wrench is about $12.00. It takes about an hour via this method, including walking around, beer drinking or whatever to keep from getting ticked off, which is about an hour quicker than manifold R/R.
Good Luck and report how you came out!
Good Luck and report how you came out!
Last edited by sparkenzap; 10-03-2009 at 10:01 AM.
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just to pass on info to those doing this. if your replacing the housing, break off the old 1 leaving the bolted down base. then you can get the bolts out easily. replace these longer rear ones with shorter ones or even internal torx bolts and put the bolts in the rear t stat holes before setting in polace and you wont have to unbolt the intake(which is really only a 2 min deal anyway since you leave the lower pivot bolts in place to pivot the intake up and back after removing the injectors connectors and air intake tube)
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