Great news, Dropped my fuel tank, sent it off, got it cleaned, and reinstalled.
Bad news, Decided to dive into my cooling problem while I was waiting for the tank to come back. Engine won't come up to temp unless I'm getting after it. Went to pop of the top of the thermostat housing and check replace thermostat and gaskets if needed.
A gentle snap revealed a weakened bolt and tightened threads in the housing.
Little bit of rust in there. I'll blame that.
So I pulled the whole housing because, why not fix this in the comfort of a nice work bench.
The good news is that I found every gasket to be deteriorated and so at least my exploration proved useful.
The small mark in the top is before i discovered that there are no threads in that bit
So i sent to town on the lower, cleaned it up real nice, soaked it in break free over night. center drilled the bolt and inserted the easy out.
Snap again
Since then, my attempts to redress have proven futile against the stuck easy out tip .
I may have even gotten a little overzealous and bit into a thread or two on the housing itself.
So here I am. Stuck bolt, still no chance at an easy out purchase point. I don't know where to go from here.
Ideas?
Thank you as always
Luke
Bad news, Decided to dive into my cooling problem while I was waiting for the tank to come back. Engine won't come up to temp unless I'm getting after it. Went to pop of the top of the thermostat housing and check replace thermostat and gaskets if needed.
A gentle snap revealed a weakened bolt and tightened threads in the housing.
Little bit of rust in there. I'll blame that.
So I pulled the whole housing because, why not fix this in the comfort of a nice work bench.
The good news is that I found every gasket to be deteriorated and so at least my exploration proved useful.
The small mark in the top is before i discovered that there are no threads in that bit
So i sent to town on the lower, cleaned it up real nice, soaked it in break free over night. center drilled the bolt and inserted the easy out.
Snap again
Since then, my attempts to redress have proven futile against the stuck easy out tip .
I may have even gotten a little overzealous and bit into a thread or two on the housing itself.
So here I am. Stuck bolt, still no chance at an easy out purchase point. I don't know where to go from here.
Ideas?
Thank you as always
Luke