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[hotrodLSC]

i had to change my t-stat saturday. i worked for 4 hours on it and couldn't get the short bolt to start, the dang water pump is in the way. i thought it started on a couple of threads, so i got my socket and started to wrench away. it got about half way and stoped. i stripped the threads on the intake. i got another from a friend with a mustang(it was his stock one from a 93 mustang gt). how can i do this next time without stripping it again. i changed it cuz i was sitting at work friday morning when it overheated, spitting coolant everywhere. i put a 180 degree on it. it is still overheating at idle. when i get to driving down the road, it drops to the "N" on "normal". i am thinking i need a either a water pump or a radiator. :L

 

[NYC LS8]

Grind down that tab on the water pump that's in the way of that bolt. That's about the only way I can think of to get it in without stripping it. I've used an open end wrench on it with no problems (and that tab still intact).

Good luck.

 

[Sifrino3]

Check your radaitor and see if the rows are getting clogged. White sh!t all over around the rows. If its not that. my guess is that its a water pump.

 

[hotrodLSC]

i tried to get an open end wrench in there, and i couldn't get it to work. i could turn it about 1/8 of an inch. oh well, i may have to grind it down, or put a mustang water pump on it. a friend that helped me said that his 93 mustang didn't have that type of water pump on it. :L

 

[NYC LS8]

That's about all you're gonna be able to turn it with the open end - drove me friggin' NUTS, too.

 

[leejoffe]

i had to change my t-stat saturday. i worked for 4 hours on it and couldn't get the short bolt to start, the dang water pump is in the way. i thought it started on a couple of threads, so i got my socket and started to wrench away. it got about half way and stoped. i stripped the threads on the intake. i got another from a friend with a mustang(it was his stock one from a 93 mustang gt). how can i do this next time without stripping it again. i changed it cuz i was sitting at work friday morning when it overheated, spitting coolant everywhere. i put a 180 degree on it. it is still overheating at idle. when i get to driving down the road, it drops to the "N" on "normal". i am thinking i need a either a water pump or a radiator. :L

Cooling problem sounds more like a fan clutch to me. About a 1% chance it is water pump. If the outside is turning more than likely the inside is too.

 

[hotrodLSC]

i do need to put a radiator in it. i figured out that i have a small leak somewhere, and i was low on coolant. i think i got that all fixed up. that fan clutch works. that fan is pulling sooooo much air, it isn't funny. :L