WARMER TEMPS

[scottydogtruck]

This is what happens when you let some shop, other than DIY, replace your thermostat......

I let the Petro in Effingham, IL replace the thermostat in my Pete, because I didn't have the place or the time to do it, and it would've been a while before I could do it at the house.

I should've been wise and not let them finish after the ASE-certified wrench said "I've never done a thermostat on a Cummins, but I have done lots on Cats and Detroits".....I had to tell him on how to remove the housing from the engine.....but things from there went south in a hurry...

The wrench used a pry-bar to try and free the internal seal, but instead of prying up from the bottom, he decided to use a BFH (big-freaking-hammer) to bang DOWN on the seal to try and pop it out, and in turn, after destroying the seal, broke the seal lip on the inside of the housing, destroying the housing...

Now I sit here inside the bay waiting for the morning guys to get here and find a replacement housing from the local Pete shop here, or maybe the Freightshaker or Cornbinder shops....and there was talk of finding a wrecking yard in the area to get the now, much needed housing.

What a weekend......