Continued from part one here
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I then tied back the breather hose so it would not be in my way later Fig 59
59
The next step is to remove part of the thin header tank hose again for more access later Fig 60
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To help get to the hose above better remove the lead of spark plug 61
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With the lead removed you can use some grips to open the hose clip and set it back Fig 62
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You can now pull out the T junction as here fig 63
63
We now need to remove the right hand side of the header tank hose from the T joint Fig 64
64
As before release the hose clip with some long nose grips or mole grips and remove the hose Fig 65
65
The hose can now be moved to the front of the engine out of the way Fig 66
66
The other part of the hose can be tied back with the breather pipe with the white collar from before Fig 67
67
Now that the thin header tank hose is out of the way you will see there is some wiring also that will need to be lifted later, but as you can see another breather hose is lying over the top of it this will also have to be removed Fig 68
68
To remove this last breather pipe again as before press the red collar and it will release Fig 69/70
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Breather pipe pulled out Fig 71
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Removed from the engine put it safe in the boot with the others Fig 72
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Now with most of the item out of the way we can see the thermostat and the hoses connected to it Fig 73
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You can now check the header tank it should be empty Fig 74
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Also check at the bottom hose & rad to see if the coolant as stopped coming out Fig 75
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We are now ready to remove the large hose with the bleed screw attached to it again use long nose grip if you have some if not mole grips will do or pliers Fig 76
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Once removed from the car put it safe Fig 77
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With the first hose removed we can then turn our attention to the other two Fig 78/79
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Now release the clip from the next large hose and pull it backward Fig 80/81/82
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This hose is connected to the top of the radiator Fig 83
83
With the clip released you can now pull off the hose expect a little more coolant to drain out Fig 84
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You can now tie this hose out of the way Fig 85
85
Before you carry on mop or soak up the split coolant Fig86/87
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We are now ready to remove the last hose from the middle the smaller of the hoses Fig 88/89
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Now that the middle hose as been removed and tied back to the other one, we can turn our attention to removing the 10mm bolt which holds the thermostat in place to the engine block, you will need a thin long reach socket with a knuckle on the end to do this through alloy manifold Fig 90
90
Pass the socket through the gap in the manifold as here Fig 91
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Once you have the socket through make sure it is seated on the bolts head properly Fig 92
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Get a good grip and turn the ratchet socket slowly to break the joint on the bolts and it will them release quite easy Fig 93/94
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Once you have the bolts to the end of its thread and still sitting in the elbow joint you will need a telescopic magnet to remove it if not you will be fishing for it later in the V of the engine Fig 95/96/97
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You are now ready to prise out the thermostat housing first try twisting and lifting the elbow bend,the thermostat housing's bolt fixing sits
underneath that of the curved pipe, making removal difficult if no joy prise the housing up it's self as here Fig 98
98
You will now get some more coolant flow into the V of the engine this can be cleaned up later when al the hosing as been removed and before re-fitting the new housing.
If you are still finding it difficult to remove the housing use the long nosed grips to help as here Fig 99
99
remove if you are going to re-use the housing maybe because only the seals have give way then set to one side safe Fig 100
100
With the main thermostat housing body remove it will leave the straight piece and the elbow bend in place you can now remove these Fig 101/102
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Those should remove easy now you can clean up inside the V of the engine Fig 103/104
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I also hoovered some coolant out of the openings which the thermostat fits into so it did not over flow when replacing later.Fig 105
105
Part three to be continued