The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot '60-'66 Trucks Thermostat housing broke

i was adding a temp gauge and accidental broke my thermostat housing ive been every were and cant find it any idea of were i can get one, there is one on eBay but looks in bad condition

im gonna try J.B Weld but not sure how well it will work

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What motor? Year?

If you have to repair it, take it to a welding shop. That too important of a system to rely upon "glue" as a fix,
Scott

1964 230

Hey Fats. I answered this on another website but we can go again. It seems like one of the fellow truck guys would have one of these laying around on an old engine. My partner has some salvage in the Ozarks. He will go there next Sunday & can bring one back if you want. let me know.
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Hey Fat Tony. You have a PM.

If the casting didn't stay together, in it's original form, it won't hold with JB on it.

Well i wanna see if it will work with the J.B weld first if that fails ill send you a PM and we can talk more about it, and do yall think if maybe i had J.B weld it with the bolt in the thread it might have a better chance?

Sounds like a fix i would try just haha but as a temporary fix only and i dont take my truck out too often or far enough where i couldnt tow it back easily.If it was a daily driver i would try to get someone to weld it or get a new one.As 48bigtruck says its an important part of the engine.I guess trying it couldn't hurt but id let it run in the drive way for a while and put it under load before taking it around the block.But this is coming from someone who's building a truck on a college kids budget and not afraid to try to get as much out of a part as i can.So take i would take my advise with a grain of salt

yea im running on a high school budget so i try to save as much as possible, nd today i tried it and failed it leaks alot and i really dont trust it so i might just buy one

I would say just buy a new one, sometimes there isn't any other viable answer.

I don't think welding will fix that--what broke has threads machined into it. The welding will end up with the threads being unserviceable. You might could helicoil it after the three pieces are welded back (and those are pricey!!!). Also, welding cast isn't all that easy, it can be done, but those pieces are pretty small..not trying to be a downer, but I don't think you would get the best results from your time and money. Have you looked on Rock Auto or some similiar online site--these things are probably cheaper than what a welding shop would charge for their time. I do think asking here at the Forum if someone has one laying around is a good way to find one.

I would give you a hard time about breaking this, but I won't'!! I have done about the same thing (stripping the threads out of my race car T-stat housing) Most of the time on thermostat covers the torque settings are really light, like 17 inch pounds (not foot pounds!). Better to have it too loose and leak, then tighten it up a bit, than strip or break it from over-torquing. Good luck, if I had one I would mail it to ya.

There are 2 replies from the K.C. area that have used ones. I don't know what would be easier then that.

If you are on a tight budget then you would be wise to take the advise and buy one from the guys here as you do not want to rebuild a engine from over heating and cracking some thing and really costing you.
62Blue
Don

I don't know what the price of antifreeze is there but here it is not worth it to mess around with fixes that might or might not work. There's not much more humbling than cleaning up two gallons of new antifreeze off the garage floor. Stupid old used hose!

2 guarts of antifreeze - $25.00
JB Weld - $6.00
Thermostat housing seal - $1.00
Peace-of-mind by installing a good, used thermostat housing, instead of gluing together the broken one - PRICELESS!