Thermostat Housing Nipple

[syrotchen]

Apparently I wasn't really clear. The connector on the hose was brittle as well and was causing the leak because a clip broke on it. The part Tom fabbed up was an exact match. Overall, I've been pretty pleased with most of the engineering on the car. This section stinks. Bright, it was great advice, the part is swapped out, and I'd break the housing before the nipple. If I wanted to return it to factory design I'd replace the hose. I'm $$ ahead and I have a nipple that won't break now when I do the timing belt. Thanks Tom with automotivemachine and Bright.

[bright]

I'm glad that it worked out. I guess I was confused as to what you were doing Saturday versus Monday. It's pretty trick that he made a quick disconnect. Nice touch. Too bad it didn't hold up. What works works though!

Definitely check on the Rick Wrench link. I've had a chance to look at other people's work who see a part and look at how to re-engineer it. There's a guy in my town who has a Morris Minor that is mind-blowing fast. He had a big turbo rotary engine. Very neat stuff.

Could you tell the group how much you saved?

Good Luck,
bright

[syrotchen]

My cost may be different, Tom had agreed to a price and stuck by his word but he ended up having about 4 hours into the part when I think he originally was looking at 2. Don't be suprised, if he or another machine shop tells you $100. Overall, I spent about $60 (part plus hose clamps, bolts) on the repair instead of the $125 for the thermostat housing. However, even if it was a break even proposition, I would have done it over. Having to bend that timing cover around the nipple would have been an interesting effort if I still had the plastic piece. I know people do it, but I imagine it adds a little stress to the job. I don't worry about it now.

[bright]

50% off is a great deal. Thanks for telling us all.

Good Luck,
Bright

[way01]

I wish I had read this post before I replaced my thermostat housing. I had the same issue with that stinking plastic nipple. Some guys on this site helped me out with the VADIS instructions so that I could do the job myself but that plastic nipple definitely makes me nervous when replacing the timing belt cover.
I did go ahead and get a timing belt kit and water pump kit from myvolvopartsonline. All of that and the thermostat housing was a little under $400. I figure I saved about $800 doing it myself. If I count off $20 bucks for skinned knuckles then I guess that would be $780.

If I have to do another one,.. it will be stainless. Thanks for the posting this information.

[songzunhuang]

This is a super old topic, but just on case someone reads it, know that there is now a metal replacement part available for the Thermostat Nipple. It's from URO.

I posted about it in this article https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums ... 10&t=68114

Good luck.