Replacing Timing Belt & Thermostat Brought me back

[Ldub]

Looks like a write up never materialized. Can you go over the list of parts needed for thermostat change?

I suspect it will be:

Thermostat and it's gasket
Intake manifold gaskets

What else?

There's an "O" ring that seals a hard pipe which feeds the heater core, that is pretty EZ to bugger up on re-assembly. IIRC you have to remove the manifold in which it's contained, which is aft od the thermo manifold itself, to get to the thermostat. Get a replacement before you start, & be CAREFUL on re assembly, as you won't know it's buggered until you're adding coolant after it's all back together...

Ask me how I know....

The common chamber (intake manifold) torque values have ALL been revised to 13 ft/lb.

I'll do some digg'n tomorrow, to see if I can get you a part# for the "O" ring, as I know I have one left in tha inventory. Also, I'll never make that connection again without a little spooge of black RTV...just in case...

[MSHardeman]

AH! My mistake. Getting to the thermostat is quite a pain in the tuckus. It was tough getting to it on the spare engine that I am tearing down. Let me know if you need any pictures of parts of the engine before you dive in. I recently replace the knock sensor on my engine and that was a bit of a chore.

Good luck!

[Leon R]

There's an "O" ring that seals a hard pipe which feeds the heater core, that is pretty EZ to bugger up on re-assembly. IIRC you have to remove the manifold in which it's contained, which is aft od the thermo manifold itself, to get to the thermostat. Get a replacement before you start, & be CAREFUL on re assembly, as you won't know it's buggered until you're adding coolant after it's all back together...

Ask me how I know....

The common chamber (intake manifold) torque values have ALL been revised to 13 ft/lb.

I'll do some digg'n tomorrow, to see if I can get you a part# for the "O" ring, as I know I have one left in tha inventory. Also, I'll never make that connection again without a little spooge of black RTV...just in case...

I need to get this done before the winter . Does anyone know what o-rings I will need?