HD Oil Thermostat Housing Removal Tool: Made things easy! (One should be included with the new thermostat I think)

 

Looks like you almost broke it...

But, it shows you have talent. Grind a larger hex head bolt down next time, instead of using a nut and JB weld.

 

Necessity is the mother of invention

 

Well done...

 

Here is what we did (I say 'we' cause I didn't weld it) We welded two SS rods on a bolt at the proper distance apart as measured with a micrometer. I took it home, the bolt was too long, went back and cut the head end of the bolt off to keep from having to re-weld the two little ss rods on again. (I got gap right on those and didn't want to mess with it). We set a nut on the bolt and welded it. It was a little crooked but close enough. It worked like a charm.

I first tried bending a coat hanger into a U, but it bent under the torque load before I could break the thermo cover loose......Of course this all would have been easier if I had just removed the oil cooler adapter!........that would have been too easy!

 

LOL.....I started a thread one time with that phrase in the first sentence and look what happened!




https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...7-and-08s.html

 

and why were you pulling it out? i've seen people use needle nose pliers for this.

 

Changed to a lower thermostat from WardsPartWerks.

http://www.wardspartswerks.com/products.html