James
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| posted on 12/10/04 at 10:46 AM |
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Pinto Thermostat Housing
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
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 12/10/04 at 06:20 PM |
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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
 
Rescued attachment Upper Hose.JPG
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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bob
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| posted on 12/10/04 at 07:14 PM |
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James
I have some ali piping you can use if you want to make a pipe like marks
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ady8077
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| posted on 12/10/04 at 09:15 PM |
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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
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James
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| posted on 13/10/04 at 10:05 AM |
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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]
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 13/10/04 at 11:15 AM |
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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]
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James
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| posted on 13/10/04 at 12:17 PM |
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Bloody hell Steve- good point.
I'll have to drill some lightening holes in mine.
James
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ady8077
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| posted on 13/10/04 at 05:38 PM |
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modded housing
 
Rescued attachment stat.jpg
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James
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| posted on 14/10/04 at 11:51 AM |
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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
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ady8077
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| posted on 14/10/04 at 05:54 PM |
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Hi James
No probs fitting stat, they only welded it on the outside
Adrian
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