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I am trying to replace my thermostat. There is a brass sleeve that appears to be press fit in the thermostat housing. It needs to be removed to get the thermostat out. Are there any tricks to remove the sleeve?
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If I have a chance I will be replacing the t-stat in mine later this week so I will let you know if I run into the same issue and if so how I solve it. On the small block Fords I have done in the past there has never been a sleeve like that though.Shawn
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That looks like it is upside down. I have never worked on the 502, but on my Excal, that whole housing would be flipped over and the stat would come off the top.Comment
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I have run into the same thing on my 5.7 PCM. What did you figure out? Anyone else have some experience that they can share?Comment
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On my 2004 Excalibur 330 hp engine the thermostat housing is a 2 piece unit. I had to do some heavy "convincing" with a mallet to seperate the upper and lower pieces. After that, no problem.
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Figured it out. The copper or brass insert must be pulled out, it wasn't that tough to do.Comment
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