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Well today's six hours in the sun felt like another day where there was a lot of activity but not much progress. I think I need to reassess my idea of how long this will take.
After yesterday's seamless water pump install I went straight for the jugular: the thermostat housing and thermostat. Well there was a small hurdle. Despite the housings and thermo and gaskets coming as a complete kit the t-stat wouldn't fit inside the housings. Late last night I took it to my mechanic who instructed me to machine out a little bit of the top housing. So I did just that. I started with the side pressure of a spinning drill but that was a bit ugly, so I went hunting for a hole saw. That too ended up being too hard to make a nice round cut so I turned to metal files. They alloy to be removed was only 4-5mm so the metal file made short work of that. It ended up sitting in the top housing flush. Perfect.
Installed the bottom housing on the motor when things took a sideways turn.
After yesterday's seamless water pump install I went straight for the jugular: the thermostat housing and thermostat. Well there was a small hurdle. Despite the housings and thermo and gaskets coming as a complete kit the t-stat wouldn't fit inside the housings. Late last night I took it to my mechanic who instructed me to machine out a little bit of the top housing. So I did just that. I started with the side pressure of a spinning drill but that was a bit ugly, so I went hunting for a hole saw. That too ended up being too hard to make a nice round cut so I turned to metal files. They alloy to be removed was only 4-5mm so the metal file made short work of that. It ended up sitting in the top housing flush. Perfect.
Installed the bottom housing on the motor when things took a sideways turn.