thermostat broken bolt!!! . how to get this sucker out!
#7
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well I drilled it a bit and that sucker just didnt want to come off and I end up making things worst. Ill just buy an used water pump from the local yard since I already have a electric water pump in place. For the moment I put the housing into the water pump with JB weld. I know is a ghetto fix and it wont old at all but the car wont be running at all and I just want to see if it helds a little or not lol just testing the waters.
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#11
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Same thing happened to the one on my civic. I tried drilling it out like I have done many other times with broken bolts. Started with small bits and tried with my extractor set. Guess what? Didn't work. Had to keep drilling with bigger bits but they were snapping. Ended up braking the ear off the bolt hole. Had to locate a t stat housing at a junk yard. You might have to do the same thing. But I strongly advise you do not ghetto rig this sort of thing lol