HELP asap!!! Stripped thermostat housing bolt hole
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If you removed everything(ac compressor, alternator and bracket) you should have clear access to it. You need to get a square socket not a 6-12 point. And you need to start the tap by hand! And you are not using the T handle that's what the socket is for.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtsDowG_4gw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtsDowG_4gw
Thanks.
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I can’t believe I asked at two different auto parts places for something that would drive the tap.
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I had this exact same problem and worse and fixed it.
I have a 2000 ram van 2500, and within 5 months of having it I decided to replace the thermostat with a fail safe thermostat. On the process I didn't remove enough components to get to the housing cleanly and I stripped the rear bolt hole. To fix it, I removed the alternator, disconnected the ac compressor, and removed the housing bracket that held them. I drilled out the hole with a 21/64 bit and used the 5/16 oem tools version of helicoils from auto zone. While putting it back together the other hole stripped out. I couldn't get the helicoil to thread this one, so I dropped a new hole right next to that one, and helicoiled it. This worked since the front bolt hole doesn't go through to the engine. I then used permatex the right stuff gasket maker to seal it. This fix lasted for about a year and it started leaking all of a sudden. When I had removed the housing the piece of the block that I had drilled the new hole in crumbled on my hand. I built it back out using steel stik, drilled and helicoiled into that one is had set, and used liquid thread tape on the rear bolt and put it back together as I had before. 2 months, no leak.
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