tractor restore - how do you get out a thermostat thats rusted in?
>>2877239Torch. Heat that mfer up and pry it out
>>2877239Take a punch and hammer and start tapping on it to break it loose. Then pop it out and clean it all up and put a new one in.
Doesn't even look that bad, just pry on it till it pops out. Or jam that bitch back into service, one or the other.
Loosening penetrating fluid of your choice then repeatedly tap sideways one way then the other.Its two different types of metals, it wants to crack loose more than pulling alone.Or a combo of tappy tappy pully pully
>>2877239Yank it off with vice grips
>>2877239did you even try?
>>2877343I wasnt confident i wasnt going to break something by forcing it
>>2877239
>>2877453you should just put a screw driver in there and lever it out
>>2877453It might come away in pieces - probably not. The fun part will be thoroughly checking the water neck for heavy corrosion. You might have to clean up the sealing surface, or the lip that holds the thermostat, to get a decent seal.
I gotta sayYou titled it tractor restoreThings run just fine without a thermostatJust coldSo if you havent seen it runAt all costs force it outIf it runs and doesnt overheat and you are restoring it,Do everyrhing else first.Stop caring about this if you are restoring a tractor. Its a tractor.Hit the thermostat hard enough to disloge it.
>>2877453You just have toIt weight 2 ozThe engine weights a bajillion times thatForce it outOr quitYou gotta want it
>>2877239is that... a ride on lawnmower?
>>2877268This.Screw in one of the bolts for the housing if you want a better fulcrum for prying.>>2878549>Things run just fine without a thermostat>Just cold Please don't do this, unless it's an absolute emergency. Replace the damaged part, it was put there for a reason.>Hit the thermostat hard enough to disloge it.This is fine. Chances are it's just brass, and just glued in with silicone snot or just gunk from the Glycol.
>>2878663I didnt tell him to run it like that forever.For all we know, this hasnt run in years an OP is stopped because he is afraid.He shouldnt beThermostats are closed in every engine ever till it warms up. Thermostats fail open for a reason. Proper cooling is important fr longevity, but not the barest level of making things dance.Were looking at a rusted up cooling system on a little diesel and a virgin mechanic in OP.If this is rehabDot the i's and t's after, bolt that back together and hook up a fuckhuge battery and crank it If this is someone making something perfect, yeah, running it no thermostat ia dumb.But dont plead for someone who doesnt know what your talking about to not. It makes you look like you dont know what you are talking about.
>>2878626Im not op but you can see three little injectors and blue paintGuessing an old little ford or new holland something or other
