Yeah mine blew up one day while driving, never realized it was plastic till I was looking at it on the side of the road. Those heat cycles really bake them. I put all new hoses on, can I just pull that valve and use copper pipe or barbed brass connectors?

 

Just use some metal pipe. Good to go.

 

Thanks again. And to the OP sorry about the left turn I took your thread.

 

Another option you can do is take a file to the machined surface of your thermostat housing and take care of any imperfections. I have a 90 XJ and when I was at a junk yard I got a thermostat housing from a 92. I did this so I could use the threaded area for the temp control as a burping point. Anyways, before I put it on I took a metal file and brushed it over the mounting surface until I saw the file hitting all areas of the machined surface. Its an option you can do without just buying parts. Along with that I used RTV on both sides of the gasket. Just a little goes a long way.

Good Luck!

 

Wow thanks for all the replies. Im at parts store now. Ill re read all these later. Yes the heater core was dripping and he put stop leak in it. I have time as i am waiting on a title.thanks

 

But honestly, I have never been this excited about working on a project. When I got my first truck I had no tools and no resources. Now that my son is fixin to turn 16 and I have all these resources at my fingertips. Im excited and so is he.

 

I'm glad you asked. It's good info for all to know.

 

Some turd was doggin out Cherokees as i was in line at parts atores. Couldnt keep driveshafts n it. He was running 36s on stock driveshafts....no wonder. Idiot!

 

And relevant to the subject.

 

hey cruiser...can you give me a quick rundown on getting rid of my hcv and just run straight lines from my housing. thanks

 

Year?

 

Year?