Thermostat Housing
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Yeah mine blew up one day while driving, never realized it was plastic till I was looking at it on the side of the road. Those heat cycles really bake them. I put all new hoses on, can I just pull that valve and use copper pipe or barbed brass connectors?
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Just use some metal pipe. Good to go.
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Another option you can do is take a file to the machined surface of your thermostat housing and take care of any imperfections. I have a 90 XJ and when I was at a junk yard I got a thermostat housing from a 92. I did this so I could use the threaded area for the temp control as a burping point. Anyways, before I put it on I took a metal file and brushed it over the mounting surface until I saw the file hitting all areas of the machined surface. Its an option you can do without just buying parts. Along with that I used RTV on both sides of the gasket. Just a little goes a long way.
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Wow thanks for all the replies. Im at parts store now. Ill re read all these later. Yes the heater core was dripping and he put stop leak in it. I have time as i am waiting on a title.thanks
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But honestly, I have never been this excited about working on a project. When I got my first truck I had no tools and no resources. Now that my son is fixin to turn 16 and I have all these resources at my fingertips. Im excited and so is he.
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Some turd was doggin out Cherokees as i was in line at parts atores. Couldnt keep driveshafts n it. He was running 36s on stock driveshafts....no wonder. Idiot!
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