[Healeys] Changing the thermostat

[I Erbs]

Only if you add cracking the housing. JB welding the pieces and  
limping home do you get the complete sad story ......
Thanks for asking......

I Erbs
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On Jan 16, 2010, at 4:59 AM, "Tracy Drummond" <bighealey at charter.net>  
wrote:

> I Erbs,
>
> Sounds like there is a story behind that response.  (grin)
>
> Warm Regards,
>
> Tracy Drummond
>
> PMP | ITIL Service Manager | CISSP | bighealey at charter.net | 408-394-3444
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys- 
> bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of I Erbs
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 5:49 PM
> To: awgertoo at aol.com
> Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Changing the thermostat
>
> Dont forget the joy of breaking loose seazed bolts that might snap
> off. Drilling put and removing the btoken bits.  Spray a very good
> penetrating oli on them a couple of days beforehand and be carefull.
>
> I Erbs
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Jan 15, 2010, at 5:35 PM, awgertoo at aol.com wrote:
>
>> I need to change the thermostat in my wife's BN7--it is pretty cold
>> here in
>> MD and the car warms up very slowly and ultimately will not get
>> over  140
>> degrees--undoubtedly it is stuck open.
>>
>> I have a new 180 degree thermo and gasket.  Am I correct that all  I
>> need
>> to do is to drain the water level down to where it is below the
>> level of  the
>> thermostat, pull the old thermo and gasket and replace them with
>> the new
>> 180 degree one and the new gasket, bolt the thermo cover back on,
>> refill  the
>> radiator and run?
>>
>> Best--Michael Oritt
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