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T-stat change

From 1990 Lincoln Town Car “Mileage Master”, documented by Sixlitre.

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1990 Lincoln Town Car - Two half inch bolts that couldn't be more poorly located for access, removability or for re-installation. 1990 Lincoln Town Car - All 1/2" wrenches on deck, as it's a 1/16th of a turn at a time to get the bolts started on un-doing. I shortened the lower bolt by a 1/4"… 1990 Lincoln Town Car - Pull the upper rad hose off for better access, but I leave the smaller bypass hose on until later, though I slack off it's hose clamp now,… 1990 Lincoln Town Car - Pull off the coolant temp sensor plug for better access as well. I had to clock mine slightly different from stock to allow the extra temp… 1990 Lincoln Town Car - The upper bolt, on the passenger's side, is easy enough to access using 1/4" drive socket, extension and ratchet, once a wrench has broke i… 1990 Lincoln Town Car - You can barely catch and tease off the lower, driver's side bolt with the 1/4" drive 1/2" socket, with great effort. Again once the wrench… 1990 Lincoln Town Car - Lay a bit of sealant on the inside of the now cleaned T-stat housing locating indent. I use Permatex Ultra-Copper on everything under the h… 1990 Lincoln Town Car - In goes the Stant 205 degree T-stat. Yes, 205 degrees, it's Winter up here and it warms the car up much faster and keeps the engine operati… 1990 Lincoln Town Car - On goes more sealant onto the gasket. 1990 Lincoln Town Car - Slap the p!$$ poor quality ROL gasket on over the sealant. Look closely and you can make out the numbers "205" in the middle of the T-stat. 1990 Lincoln Town Car - More sealant over the terrible quality ROL gasket and slap the whole thing back together.