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n880eua
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Re: Thermostat Housing
« Reply #20 on: Nov 21st, 2009, 6:44pm » |
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Still stuck with this. Garage tried to shift it with no luck. So they say. They wanted to strip it all down.
So has anybody got a 12V inlet manifold as I fear it might be my only option to get it going again as it deffo leaks and there is no access to get a drill in there to drill it out. Also still got to got to cut the bit of the bolt that remains first.
Why oh why did Ford have to use such cheap and nasty fasteners. Never had these problems from my Rover 820.
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PJDavis
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Re: Thermostat Housing
« Reply #21 on: Nov 21st, 2009, 11:08pm » |
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Probably a bit late now! A product: Rost-Off-Ice by 'Wurth' Use this to get out rusty bolts or nuts. Smells like Germaline. Very good. I have used on many occassions, one of my successes include rusted-in brake-bleed-nipples. When a bolt is sheared level, use this Rost Off Ice and after only a couple of minutes take a nice sharp centre-punch and hit with a small Ball-Pein-Hammer anti-clockwise. Don't hit it hard! Just small sharp taps well-aimed. Patients will get success, I've recently knocked out a couple of stubborn rocker-cover bolts that had been snapped level on my Ultima. Give the bolts a tiny spray every couple of minutes if it takes a while. I work a lot on Motorcycles, that have issues with different metals acting as 'Annode/Cathode' and it always works!
Hope this helps, Peter.
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Re: Thermostat Housing
« Reply #22 on: Nov 21st, 2009, 11:13pm » |
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n880eua.
Surely Highlander offered to help  where are you in South Yorks ?
GOZZ.
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n880eua
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Re: Thermostat Housing
« Reply #23 on: Nov 22nd, 2009, 8:45am » |
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Im in Rotherham, just outside Sheffield
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Re: Thermostat Housing
« Reply #24 on: Nov 22nd, 2009, 10:30am » |
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n880eua,people have tried to offer you solutions to your problem,what is stopping you taking there advice??.  ..ok the bolt has snapped..but the thread dont go into the inlet manifold that deep..drill it out and re-tap the next size thread up....or heat it up with a blow lamp and use mole grips to unscrew it.the fact that a garage said they cant do it..dont mean it cant be done. .
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