Working on the dime today with my free time. Replacing the water pump, and I think, "Maybe the thermostat needs to get replaced with the hoses while I pull this water pump assembly..." water pump comes off fairly easy... (In the rain...) and the radiator needs a new cap... Bolts are screaming... "Replace me, replace me..." So I go and pick up a set of SS allen bolts... Mmmmm.... tasty.... Then as I walk out with all my goodies, I stop and look at the project... Maybe I can just unbolt the thermostat upper assembly, and take a look/see at the thermostat...
Big mistake. Seems the bolt has been sitting and waiting to ambush the fool that replaces the thermostat... Two turns with the bolt, and the tension and resistance drops to zero... Rust is everywhere... Seems the housing cracked, and half the threads have been held in place with the corrosion from the OEM bolt... FRAKK...!!!
So I have a top cover that looks decent, but the base section that bolts to the head is TOAST... This is the part with two horizontal bolts, a thermostat mounting point, a square gasket, and a water outlet pipe... and the two offending vertical bolt holes for the second assembly that fits on the top...
I know is it interchangeable, and a piece of the 240 or 280 Z will fit...
Let me know what you think, and let me pay for the shipping.... I have PayPal, and I am not afraid to use it...
reply to: rusty510@wavecable.(removethispart)com
I know, ironic, right...?