bang4dabuck
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- May 24, 2009
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Thanks for all the help. Needed to contribute this idea. This was on a 1987 90HP situation. Not going over everything because the issues are obvious but here are the additional steps me and my father came up to make this pretty easy. We started out with the benefit of the two holes drilled for the outside bolts on the "Mid-section".
1) With GASKET SEALANT we "glued" everything together from t-stat cover THRU 2nd GASKET DRL. This had the three bolts in place and was clamped with 2 of those squeeze clamps. Wrapped that all up in plastic and stuck in the garage overnight. We wanted it sticky not wet.
2) Putting it in place. - rubber banded in 3 places and put sealant on ADAPTER. HERE IS THE KEY TO THIS DEAL - two 5" bolts 1/4" x 20 with thread all the way and washer and nut on each. We set the nuts about 2" back on each bolt with washer on and ran it thru the 2 outside bolt holes. This gave us enough wiggle not to battle springs and get bolts threaded into adapter. Once in I leveraged in the middle of the therm housing and my father by hand spun the nuts tighter to close the gap. We then got close enough for the ACTUAL middle bolt to catch. We cut the rubber bands and ratcheted that bolt in. We withdrew the 5" bolts. Put LOCKTITE on the 2 actual outside bolts and torqued them in.
Hope I explained clearly and thanks again.
1) With GASKET SEALANT we "glued" everything together from t-stat cover THRU 2nd GASKET DRL. This had the three bolts in place and was clamped with 2 of those squeeze clamps. Wrapped that all up in plastic and stuck in the garage overnight. We wanted it sticky not wet.
2) Putting it in place. - rubber banded in 3 places and put sealant on ADAPTER. HERE IS THE KEY TO THIS DEAL - two 5" bolts 1/4" x 20 with thread all the way and washer and nut on each. We set the nuts about 2" back on each bolt with washer on and ran it thru the 2 outside bolt holes. This gave us enough wiggle not to battle springs and get bolts threaded into adapter. Once in I leveraged in the middle of the therm housing and my father by hand spun the nuts tighter to close the gap. We then got close enough for the ACTUAL middle bolt to catch. We cut the rubber bands and ratcheted that bolt in. We withdrew the 5" bolts. Put LOCKTITE on the 2 actual outside bolts and torqued them in.
Hope I explained clearly and thanks again.
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