Help!!!! Thermostat housing snapped!!

[davidfox123]

Replaced the manifold gasket on my LD28, refitting the thermostat holusing and the lug at one end has snapped off. Anybody in UK got one in a hurry please as I need the vehicle for work. Part number 11061 in this diagram:

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Thanks, Dave

[rlaggren]

Local (craftsman - don't go to the muffler shop) welder? New clean break, non-structural, not subjected to exhaust gas and heat... Seems like it should weld up OK,; but both aluminum and cast iron (don't know which it is) needs a good experienced welder. The right guy s/b able to do it in an hour.

Rufus
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[asavage]

IIRC, the normal L24e (gasser Maxima) and the other L-series gasser engines' thermostat housings are the same part, and over here are plentiful.

IOW, it's not a diesel-specific part.

The housing usually breaks when you don't have the thermostat centered correctly and try to tighten the bolts.

Just a reminder to those new and following along: the LD28 thermostat is special.