My 2.0 Pinto thermostat housing exits upwards and to the nearside.

This is a pain to route to the Micra rad which has inlet on other side.

I'm sure I saw a picture put up awhile ago which had a Pinto with the thermostat housing going downwards and to the offside.

Anyone know where to get one of these? Or what it was? The standard one can't just be 'flipped' as far as I can tell as the bolt holes are offset.

Thanks,

James

James, I saw that picture too, it was someone who had just flipped the standard housing, and only one hole had a bolt in it.

I made up my own hose to get over the problem
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James

I have some ali piping you can use if you want to make a pipe like marks

Hi James

I've cut the top off my housing and had it re-welded pointing the other way, only cost a £5 at local eng shop

Adrian

Thanks for replies everyone.

Mark,
I'll sue him for mis-leading me! I seem to remember it was the chap who's avatar is him in skiing gear with a big spiky skiing hat on- can't remember his name though to look again!

Bob,
Thanks for the offer. I've actually already done mine similarly to the way Mark has- just not as well!

Adrian,
I might give that a try- thanks for the info. You got any pictures?


At the end of the day what I have will work it just doesn't look that great.

Thanks,
James

[Edited on 13/10/04 by James]

Mark

I have to warn you that you seem to have added 1kg to your car weight with the excess water in that long hose....

that would matter to some people!

atb

steve

[Edited on 13/10/04 by stephen_gusterson]

Bloody hell Steve- good point.

I'll have to drill some lightening holes in mine.

James

modded housing
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Ah ok, that's where you cut/joined it. Assumed you'd actually moved the 90° pipe to the other side. Good idea!

Were there any problems with fitting the thermostat once you'd chopped it?

Thanks for the picture,

James

Hi James

No probs fitting stat, they only welded it on the outside

Adrian