koda6966
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- Nov 28, 2007
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- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Transmission
- Automatic
Thanks to some help from over on teamzx2 I finally found the thermostat and pcv valve. I feel like an idiot but oh well, the PCV was hidden anyway.
I couldn't get the pcv hose off so I just did the thermostat so far. Three torx screws (#25 bit) and it came right off. Basically plug and play other than that. PCV is the little elbow to the left under the big elbow, which is the thermostat.
The location of the screws was difficult, there wasn't enough room to fit my screw driver in there so I had to cobble together a few sockets and a wrench. I had was a 3/8 wrench, a 3/8-1/4 converter, and a 1/2 inch socket with the torx bit in it all stuck together. It JUST fit. Otherwise I'd have had to remove the fan.
And then here's that thermostat. Ended up being alot easier than I had thought.
I'm just glad to finally get to all of this. My car's down till hopefully mid day today (it's been almost a week) because of a bad alternator. I'm fixing that today. The local JY dealer didn't have one so I have to drop 150+tax at advance auto. I think I'll pick up a new serpentine belt as well, mines all cracked to hell.
I couldn't get the pcv hose off so I just did the thermostat so far. Three torx screws (#25 bit) and it came right off. Basically plug and play other than that. PCV is the little elbow to the left under the big elbow, which is the thermostat.

The location of the screws was difficult, there wasn't enough room to fit my screw driver in there so I had to cobble together a few sockets and a wrench. I had was a 3/8 wrench, a 3/8-1/4 converter, and a 1/2 inch socket with the torx bit in it all stuck together. It JUST fit. Otherwise I'd have had to remove the fan.

And then here's that thermostat. Ended up being alot easier than I had thought.

I'm just glad to finally get to all of this. My car's down till hopefully mid day today (it's been almost a week) because of a bad alternator. I'm fixing that today. The local JY dealer didn't have one so I have to drop 150+tax at advance auto. I think I'll pick up a new serpentine belt as well, mines all cracked to hell.