arrrrrr!!!!!!!!! hating life

[JCR]

how can a simple task be such a disaster

i simply wanted to change a thermostat

everything is fine but the darn thing was leaking

so i get a new gasket and try again

this time the inside bolt goes in and tightens up gets to a point and boom no more tension on the bolt..i start to undo it and it has tension tighten again and no tension

long story short the hole is stripped ...no more threads

now if it had been the outside hole i have seen it drilled through and bolted but the inside one no such luck

so i am looking for ideas or a new lower thermostat housing

thoughts on a heli (i think) coil

or thread cutter

 

 

thanks all

 

or maybe somebody has a housing ???

 

please let me know

 

 

[lil89ram50]

tap the hole and a slightly larger bot

[Wide14u]

i would say the same thing but with a bolt :D

[south of reno]

If you lived near me i could help, i have a thread kit.

[datzenmike]

Look carefully. My goon came with this done to it. I fixed it but this is something I would have dome back in the 70s. :lol:

 

[Z-train]

I've used studs on the holes.(EASY now) ;)

 

[Skib]

Iv used heli coils on them, works just fine.

[JCR]

i like the stud idea might do that after i hit it with the tap

thanks

[JCR]

took z-train idea

took the old housing

cut a head off a bolt and j-b welded the bolt in the hole were the striped out treads were

now I have a bolt sticking up

add thermo housing and a washer and nut

and done

like it love it and fixed it with parts on hand ....love improvisation

plus i bought another housing from a datsun enthusiast so i have a back up

 

plus tonight i got cracking on my mirrors

Mirror Pictures

these are crappy night shots