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[luv_my_mv6]

Well today, I collected my steering idler arm, and a new thermostat and housing cos I have a slight leak coming from the old one, tomorrow is supposed to be a sunny day so im all set to get the car up and get to work.
 The idler arm looks straight forward and doubt i'll need any help, but the thermostat looks like a nightmare, i've looked a the pic of the B*****d bolt and got the jist of where it all houses, but is there any guides out there for a numpty like me to study before I go removing stuff I dont need to?
 Cheers John

[Markie]

just take your time and ask questions as they arise - that bolt gets a bit of a reputation but with careful movment of other parts its not too bad  

[Mike Collins]

My experience has been that separating the transfer pipe from the thermostat housing is the hard part. Last time I took a small die grinder to the housing and cut a slot, then cracked off part of the old housing to release the transfer. Don't cut too deep!.

[luv_my_mv6]

Morning all, car is up on stands, doing the idler arm first, stand by for 'oh my god i've broken something'  

[Auto Addict]

Morning all, car is up on stands, doing the idler arm first, stand by for 'oh my god i've broken something'  

Hope it all goes well

[luv_my_mv6]

Just thought i'd let you all know I managed both jobs...... eventually, the idler came off without much fight, but the thermostat, never again, my knuckles are skinned and back killing me, what a stupid place to put it, when I did find access to it, the dam thing was stuck solid, took almost an hour just to get the housing off, new one went on in minutes.   Still, all done and another skill point in my back pocket