[Spridgets] Thermostat housing removal

[Lee Fox]

Mark,

John Twist had an excellent video on this last year.

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn8SQdaCsKc&list=UU40j4KqUJPMVv4FQ29ro-xQ&index=25&feature=plcp>

Also, I was in Nederland last month and had lunch at Whistler's Cafe. I 
tried to look you up, but they couldn't find their phone book. I was two 
weeks early for the Frozen Dead Guy Festival. Catch you next time I'm 
out your way.

Lee

On 3/19/2012 1:00 PM, spridgets-request at autox.team.net wrote:
> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:08:39 GMT
> From: "Mark Haynes"<haynes386 at netzero.net>
> To:spridgets at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Spridgets] Thermostat housing removal
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> What's the list's combined expertise on removing the thermostat housing once
> it seems stuck forever? The thermostat on the BE needs changing (it's only 23
> years old at the least), and the aluminum housing doesn't want to budge. I
> don't want to bodge it using a hammer, etc., placing a 3/4" shaft into the
> outlet doesn't help it move, using a gasket scraper and a hammer to try to get
> under it is of no avail.
>
> The new gas tank is in, and I'm changing out the suspension bumpers in the
> rear after trimming the new ones down an inch (I had 15/16" of unladen
> clearance), and really want to get this taken care of so that I can drive it
> once the mud is gone!
>
> Mark Haynes
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