1972 240Z Manifold Heat Control Thermostat

[Captain Obvious]

Well? Were you able to get that nut off??  Inquiring minds want to know!

[siteunseen]

14 minutes ago, Captain Obvious said:

Well? Were you able to get that nut off??  Inquiring minds want to know!

I've been painting interior walls all day. No opportunity to get my nut off but the days not over yet. 

[Captain Obvious]

Haha!! Well keep us posted! 

Beer in one hand, WD-40 in the other? Just don't get them confused!!

[Namerow]

IIRC, that's just an adjuster nut. I don't think you'll get much further without 'destructive disassembly'.

[siteunseen]

The nuts on my garage floor somewhere, not reusable I'm certain.  But here it is.  If anybody wants better/more pics let me know.

[Captain Obvious]

Nice pics. Thanks for the autopsy. So is that a brass seat? The tapered portion at the bottom?

Wonder why it don't work no more. Are you sure it don't work no more? It should be open at room temp. You think it never closes?

What happens when you warm up the center portion of the guts? In theory, it should get longer when hot.*

*I know... Go for it.

[siteunseen]

Damn, you hit me with a buck shot of questions. 

Let me get better pics tomorrow and maybe you can answer those yourself. 

I've been painting which in laymen terms means drinking. Beer in one hand balances out the brush in the other. I'm liking the rental house now so maybe a grown-up move into the nicer house is in my future. Can't live in my stabbin' cabin now the stabbin' has slowed down to a stab, drips and drabs.

 

[Namerow]

18 hours ago, siteunseen said:

The nuts on my garage floor somewhere, not reusable I'm certain.  But here it is.  If anybody wants better/more pics let me know.

How did you get it apart?

[siteunseen]

3 hours ago, Namerow said:

How did you get it apart?

Took a steel rod and inserted it into the inlet bung, popped with a hammer and the top pressed in brass piece popped right out.  Put everything back together and put it in a vice and pressed the brass top back into place.  That top brass piece with the four holes is sort of angled on the edge and fits snuggly into the housing.

You're right, the small threaded rod doesn't hold it together (I don't think).  I unscrewed it from the top brass piece expecting it to come apart but nothing happened.  Then I used a rod and hammer.

I'll get some better pictures in a bit. 

Cliff

[Mark Maras]

 Dedicated to Cliff. If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning. I'd hammer in the evening, all over this land,

[siteunseen]

I like the Johnny Cash version. 

[SteveJ]

19 minutes ago, siteunseen said:

I like the Johnny Cash version. 

Leonard Nimoy did it best, IMHO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAPoNXrWNMc

Edited December 12, 2017 by SteveJ