NSW Corvettes
General Discussion Area => General Chat => Topic started by: demonx on November 07, 2010, 07:53:17 PM
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This morning a bloke from work calls me up and asks if I'll help him change a thermostat on his HQ 350ci (has a 1971 vette motor). I said "no worries, it's a ten minute job. Come right over"
When I had a look at it there was at least half a tube of black silicone all around the housing. Great. That's gotta be hiding something.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w95/vettesofballarat/07112010808small.jpg)
This photo does not even show how bad it looks in person! The whats meant to be a perfectly flat line is as destroyed nearly all round. It was all just siliconed up and then bolted down and there wasn't even a thermostat in there, theres some white chalky glue that fills in the lip where the thermostat should be.
No wonder he was loosing water.
Quick job turned into a day job and a trip to the local speed shop for a new manifold - now the bloody car won't start. The distributor was moved too much and the ignition timing is way out so it won't start. That's a job for tomorrow. I called it quits when it started getting dark.
My point - who the hell would bolt a thermostat housing to that?
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Don't you love those supposedly 10 minute jobs:grr::grr::grr::grr:
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Geeeeezuz! I bet the radiator is stuffed too, all that crap has probably flowed into the radiator and blocked some of it?
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With silicone it's only a 5 minute job!! :rolleyes: