When I was pulling mine apart I used a small piece of wood inserted from
the front to act as a lever to push the sending unit out of the housing.
VERY GENTLY... just make sure that the lever's pressure point on the
sending unit is centered so that you don't force it sideways.
No suggestions on question #2
Carl
-----Original Message-----
At 09:07 AM 5/15/98 -0700, David Moag wrote:
>
>Hello all,
>
>I am dismantling the thermostat housing (along with pretty much
everything
>else under the hood) on my TR3B. It's completely covered in
grunge of
>course. My first immediate concern is that I have not found the
trick to
>removing the capillary tube that runs back to the temperature
gauge. I'm
>hesitant to yank on it too hard for fear of breaking it off.
>
>Question 1: Any clues on how to extract the tube from the
housing?
>
>Question 2: I am planning on bead blasting the parts to clean
them up. Does
>anyone see any problems with this, or does someone have
something they would
>recommend that I clean things up with before or after the
blasting?
>
>Thanks for any advice!
>
>Dave Moag
>77 Spitfire
>62 TR3B
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