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My Sedan has the Shankle Sure Start kit on it, and I recently got a Spica Thermostatic Actuator from my father's Alfa pile (deep in the bowels of his basement). I was going to put it on, see if it worked (figured it couldn't hurt).
I started doing all this while out in the garage working on something else on the car. I figured it would be a quick thing. Wrong.
I couldn't get the top part of the broken actuator off (the part screwed in near the throttle bodies)...I figured the problem was I couldn't get a wrench in there. End wrenches wouldn't fit either...but I seemed to remember taking it out before, to replace a leaking seal.
I ended up filing down an old socket, and getting it to fit perfectly...but...it broke the stud, the nut had rusted onto it apparently.
It looks as though it won't leak. I started the car up and let it get warm...no leaking so far.
Anyone know if this is going to be a problem later on? Any way to replace the broken stud? Its really small.
Grrrr
Thanks,
Ted
I started doing all this while out in the garage working on something else on the car. I figured it would be a quick thing. Wrong.
I couldn't get the top part of the broken actuator off (the part screwed in near the throttle bodies)...I figured the problem was I couldn't get a wrench in there. End wrenches wouldn't fit either...but I seemed to remember taking it out before, to replace a leaking seal.
I ended up filing down an old socket, and getting it to fit perfectly...but...it broke the stud, the nut had rusted onto it apparently.
It looks as though it won't leak. I started the car up and let it get warm...no leaking so far.
Anyone know if this is going to be a problem later on? Any way to replace the broken stud? Its really small.
Grrrr
Thanks,
Ted