Changing a Thermostat
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Changing a Thermostat
Ok changing a thermostat sounds easy right? Well wrong I have a 1989 f150 XLT Lariat with a 302. Me and my dad are trying to get one of the bolts off of the housing. My dad is trying to get it out and then all of the sudden the bolt snaps in the intake maifold. So he decides he wants to drill and tap in the spot of the old bolt so we take off the fan radiator shroud ac and power steering pump and move the altinator to the side. Well it worked but damn one of the bolts on the housing is like imposible to get the lower right corner is in the stupidest places ever. My dad kept on telling me "if this was a chevy you could of been driving around by now". Oh well it works and the job is done.
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yeah but on a chevy the t stat is in the intake manifold right in front & on top. If it takes you more than 15 min to change one on a chevy you must be missing an arm. Actually I think I could still change one in 15 min with one arm. LOL. Now dont adk about the chevy distributor. There has to be something difficult.
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That is a bad situation on a 302. I just changed mine last week.
The bolt has to be in the hole in the cap as it comes out or goes in because the water pump housing blocks it, and it doesn't look like the water pump casting has to be there.
The bolt has to be in the hole in the cap as it comes out or goes in because the water pump housing blocks it, and it doesn't look like the water pump casting has to be there.
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Yeah...yeah...yeah...Ask you dad how he likes working on a Chevy dizzy, which is buried in no mans land behind the Rottenchester carb. Hope he wears a hard hat, cuz banging ones head on the hood when working on a Chevy dizzy is SOP = Standard Operating Procedure.
The Ford dizzy is up front, for ease of maintance.
The Ford dizzy is up front, for ease of maintance.
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Originally Posted by toddol1971
yeah but on a chevy the t stat is in the intake manifold right in front & on top. If it takes you more than 15 min to change one on a chevy you must be missing an arm. Actually I think I could still change one in 15 min with one arm. LOL. Now dont adk about the chevy distributor. There has to be something difficult.
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