thermostat housing wont come loose!
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thermostat housing wont come loose!
soo, i have an aluminium head ... the top bolt is the orginial one.. but the bottom one is an allen key bolt.. i tried to put a key on it... it will NOT budge for the life of day.. any ideas on how to get it goin??
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1995 cherokee 4x4
btw..
4.0L
1995 cherokee 4x4
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Do you have room for a propane torch? I forgot (not in front of mine). If you can do that, I've broken loose some bolts (during my lift) I SWORE were going to break by mechanical force, with the torch. I did torch, liquid wrench (one it stopped glowing of course), so on..... Buy you would have to be careful since you are in the engine bay!
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hopefully the torch will do the trick, i was thinking the same thing... im a plumber.. so we use the same technique if something is frozen.. guna get my hands on it this weekend
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torch should do the trick. slap the antiseize on the threads when it goes back together and it will be much easier the next time u pull it apart.
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let it reach temp, took a torch to it and backed out like a charm... And it was the problem with the overheatin thank Jesus!! Thanks for the ideas guys!!
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