ah,,, a bolt shop???
edit-->
| ausmini https://www.ausmini.com/forums/ |
|
| Thermostat Housing Replacement Bolts https://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=67904 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | ministar [ Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Thermostat Housing Replacement Bolts |
For a 998 with the sandwich plate. (rear facing thermostat housing). Where do I source the bolts from? |
|
| Author: | TheMiniMan [ Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
ah,,, a bolt shop??? edit-->
|
|
| Author: | jethro [ Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
I know minisport in Adelaide have the normal length ones for the housings without the sandwich plate, but give Andrew a call / email, see if he has or can get the longer ones. Jethro |
|
| Author: | ministar [ Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
LOL a bolt shop. What size am I looking at here? |
|
| Author: | GT mowog [ Wed Dec 29, 2010 3:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
The bolts are 5/16" UNC, but Whitworth is so close, you'd never know. Length for them - from memory - is either 1 3/4" or 2". Wind them in by hand, without the washers first to be sure they are not bottoming out i the threads. I grease the entire bolt before fitting to ensure that they don't get stuck from corrosion. Bunnings will have them, but they are only a soft grade bolt, so go easy. |
|
| Author: | jethro [ Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
My housing bolts are 2 1/2 inch long Jethro |
|
| Author: | ministar [ Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
I could use high tensile bolts couldn't I? Also can I cut my own gasket from cork paper or what's the go there? Do I need more than one gasket? |
|
| Author: | minimanic [ Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
I use the studs out of an old gearbox housing and always use a bit of thread sealer or silastic where they screw into the head or coolant can leak up the stud and comes out around the nut. If they do leak, an O ring around the stud between the thermostat housing and flat washer fixes it. Valve stem O rings work great for this. |
|
| Author: | Mick [ Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
I've used the soft tensile ones before in a bind, and they sheared so easy at my unthinking and ham fisted antics that it was totally not worth the effort once I extracted them from the head later that afternoon. 
|
|
| Author: | ministar [ Wed Dec 29, 2010 10:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
Do you put the sealer on the stud first then bolt the housing down? Or put the sealer in the threads on the head first? I'd go high tensile then, Mick? Also whats the go with gaskets? Can I cut out my own? Cork? |
|
| Author: | Mick [ Wed Dec 29, 2010 10:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
The sealer goes on the gasket if you use it. If water creeps up the thermostat bolts and out, its because the surface on the head or thermostat housing has corroded enough to allow fluid to creep under the gasket in the small area between the stud and the thermostat seat. A good sealer will help to seal these small imperfections in the metal tha the gasket is pressed to fill. Go the hi tensile (grade 5) if you can get them off the rack at supercheap/bursons etc. imho. I don't like using the mild steel ones at all if I can help it. They're like a ticking time bomb for the absent minded I think. You can cut your own gasket, you can buy a roll of gasket paper from an autoshop easy enough. If you're close to Point Cook I have half a dozen hi quality types here. |
|
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC + 10 hours |
| Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|