Oh, dear...well I don't feel too foolish...

beacuse whoever put in the LAST thermostat did the SAME THING!

Near as I can tell, the t-stat slipped and didn't quite line up as it
should have. The machined lip that was supposed to hold it wasn't as deep
as they usually are, so when I fitted the gasket and put the cover on, it
must have moved and opened up at the top.

THIS time, I gooped the gasket, put the t-stat in, put the gasket on with
the goop on it, held the whole mess with a fingertip and then seated the
housing. I held the housing in place and fitted the nuts.

After that, the car warmed up within 5 minutes, and stayed nice and warm.
Actually got a little TOO warm, but another burping and filling and then
topping off the bottle and the temp gauge stays at about 1/3 all the time.

Ah, well...that's what I get for not getting one from Mazda, I guess!

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
news:_bGih.5473$WS4.1242@trndny07...[color=blue]
> beacuse whoever put in the LAST thermostat did the SAME THING!
>
> Near as I can tell, the t-stat slipped and didn't quite line up as it
> should have. The machined lip that was supposed to hold it wasn't as deep
> as they usually are, so when I fitted the gasket and put the cover on, it
> must have moved and opened up at the top.
>
> THIS time, I gooped the gasket, put the t-stat in, put the gasket on with
> the goop on it, held the whole mess with a fingertip and then seated the
> housing. I held the housing in place and fitted the nuts.
>
> After that, the car warmed up within 5 minutes, and stayed nice and warm.
> Actually got a little TOO warm, but another burping and filling and then
> topping off the bottle and the temp gauge stays at about 1/3 all the time.
>
> Ah, well...that's what I get for not getting one from Mazda, I guess![/color]

This is a TOYOTA group.

"sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:mfKih.87480$hn.77707@edtnps82...
[color=blue][color=green]
> > ............Ah, well...that's what I get for not getting one from Mazda,[/color][/color]
I guess![color=blue]
>
> This is a TOYOTA group.
>[/color]
Oooh so it is and somebody has the cheek to write about an ungodly Mazda,
well it's just as well that we have you to lead us on the path of
righteousness, isn't it, we could have all gone to hell for reading these
non TOYOTA (All hail to TOYOTA) postings.
I tell you what, next time somebody posts infidel Mazda questions, why don't
you blow yourself up! (Ya dickhead!)

"Wonko the Angry" <wonk@wonk.com> wrote in message
news:NZKih.11664$HU.3390@news-server.bigpond.net.au...[color=blue]
>
> "sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:mfKih.87480$hn.77707@edtnps82...
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>> > ............Ah, well...that's what I get for not getting one from
>> > Mazda,[/color][/color]
> I guess![color=green]
>>
>> This is a TOYOTA group.
>>[/color]
> Oooh so it is and somebody has the cheek to write about an ungodly Mazda,
> well it's just as well that we have you to lead us on the path of
> righteousness, isn't it, we could have all gone to hell for reading these
> non TOYOTA (All hail to TOYOTA) postings.
> I tell you what, next time somebody posts infidel Mazda questions, why
> don't
> you blow yourself up! (Ya dickhead!)[/color]

Suck dick, ricer.

[color=blue]
>
>[/color]

"sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:hmLih.92821$rv4.11545@edtnps90...[color=blue]
>
> "Wonko the Angry" <wonk@wonk.com> wrote in message
> news:NZKih.11664$HU.3390@news-server.bigpond.net.au...[color=green]
> >
> > "sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:mfKih.87480$hn.77707@edtnps82...
> >[color=darkred]
> >> > ............Ah, well...that's what I get for not getting one from
> >> > Mazda,[/color]
> > I guess![color=darkred]
> >>
> >> This is a TOYOTA group.
> >>[/color]
> > Oooh so it is and somebody has the cheek to write about an ungodly[/color][/color]
Mazda,[color=blue][color=green]
> > well it's just as well that we have you to lead us on the path of
> > righteousness, isn't it, we could have all gone to hell for reading[/color][/color]
these[color=blue][color=green]
> > non TOYOTA (All hail to TOYOTA) postings.
> > I tell you what, next time somebody posts infidel Mazda questions, why
> > don't
> > you blow yourself up! (Ya dickhead!)[/color]
>
> Suck dick, ricer.
>[/color]
WOW! that must be the BEST come-back I have heard! er, what's a ricer?

"Wonko the Angry" <wonk@wonk.com> wrote in message
news:VjNih.11733$HU.6214@news-server.bigpond.net.au...[color=blue]
>
> "sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:hmLih.92821$rv4.11545@edtnps90...[color=green]
>>
>> "Wonko the Angry" <wonk@wonk.com> wrote in message
>> news:NZKih.11664$HU.3390@news-server.bigpond.net.au...[color=darkred]
>> >
>> > "sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:mfKih.87480$hn.77707@edtnps82...
>> >
>> >> > ............Ah, well...that's what I get for not getting one from
>> >> > Mazda,
>> > I guess!
>> >>
>> >> This is a TOYOTA group.
>> >>
>> > Oooh so it is and somebody has the cheek to write about an ungodly[/color][/color]
> Mazda,[color=green][color=darkred]
>> > well it's just as well that we have you to lead us on the path of
>> > righteousness, isn't it, we could have all gone to hell for reading[/color][/color]
> these[color=green][color=darkred]
>> > non TOYOTA (All hail to TOYOTA) postings.
>> > I tell you what, next time somebody posts infidel Mazda questions, why
>> > don't
>> > you blow yourself up! (Ya dickhead!)[/color]
>>
>> Suck dick, ricer.
>>[/color]
> WOW! that must be the BEST come-back I have heard! er, what's a ricer?
>[/color]

A Ricer; Noun;

A term used to describe idiots, predominantly in North America, who take
their cheap Japanese import cars, load them with body modifications, a new
exhaust, and maybe an air filter, and then think they can win any street
race because their car looks sleek.

Keep in mind, that no engine modification or any other type of performance
enhancing modification is included in the ricing process.

Usually used by other Ricers to try and insult people.

> A Ricer; Noun;[color=blue]
>
> A term used to describe idiots, predominantly in North America, who take
> their cheap Japanese import cars, load them with body modifications, a new
> exhaust, and maybe an air filter, and then think they can win any street
> race because their car looks sleek.
>
> Keep in mind, that no engine modification or any other type of performance
> enhancing modification is included in the ricing process.
>
> Usually used by other Ricers to try and insult people.
>[/color]
Oh dear, I have been insulted havn't I . Thanks for the definition..........
hmm ricer yes I must remember that one..........(Walks off shaking
head).................

[color=blue]
>[/color]
WOW! that must be the BEST come-back I have heard! er, what's a ricer?



I wasn't implying, just clarifying

I think it was Hachiroku ???? <Trueno@AE86.gts> who stated:
[color=blue]
>beacuse whoever put in the LAST thermostat did the SAME THING!
>
>Near as I can tell, the t-stat slipped and didn't quite line up as it
>should have. The machined lip that was supposed to hold it wasn't as deep
>as they usually are, so when I fitted the gasket and put the cover on, it
>must have moved and opened up at the top.
>
>THIS time, I gooped the gasket, put the t-stat in, put the gasket on with
>the goop on it, held the whole mess with a fingertip and then seated the
>housing. I held the housing in place and fitted the nuts.
>
>After that, the car warmed up within 5 minutes, and stayed nice and warm.
>Actually got a little TOO warm, but another burping and filling and then
>topping off the bottle and the temp gauge stays at about 1/3 all the time.
>
>Ah, well...that's what I get for not getting one from Mazda, I guess![/color]

Heh, heh, heh . . . and for getting a dang Mazda in the first place,
huh? (That had to be said ;^)

But I LIKE a happy, warm ending! And an educational one, too: It
sounds like you learned another trick, you old dog, you . . . .

-Don (feeling glad for Hachiroku)
--
"Ladies and gentlemen take my advice.
Pull down your pants and slide on the ice."

-- Sidney Freedman

In article <458bd4ed@dnews.tpgi.com.au>
[email]nbourne@optusnet.com.au[/email] "Nicholas Bourne" writes:
[color=blue][color=green]
> > WOW! that must be the BEST come-back I have heard! er, what's
> > a ricer?[/color]
>
> I wasn't implying, just clarifying[/color]

AFAICT, Nicholas, our wonky friend did all the clarifying and/or
implying that we needed. He has pretty well classified himself.
--
Andrew Stephenson

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:07:09 -0600, Don Fearn wrote:
[color=blue]
> I think it was Hachiroku ???? <Trueno@AE86.gts> who stated:
>[color=green]
>>beacuse whoever put in the LAST thermostat did the SAME THING!
>>
>>Near as I can tell, the t-stat slipped and didn't quite line up as it
>>should have. The machined lip that was supposed to hold it wasn't as deep
>>as they usually are, so when I fitted the gasket and put the cover on, it
>>must have moved and opened up at the top.
>>
>>THIS time, I gooped the gasket, put the t-stat in, put the gasket on with
>>the goop on it, held the whole mess with a fingertip and then seated the
>>housing. I held the housing in place and fitted the nuts.
>>
>>After that, the car warmed up within 5 minutes, and stayed nice and warm.
>>Actually got a little TOO warm, but another burping and filling and then
>>topping off the bottle and the temp gauge stays at about 1/3 all the
>>time.
>>
>>Ah, well...that's what I get for not getting one from Mazda, I guess![/color]
>
> Heh, heh, heh . . . and for getting a dang Mazda in the first place, huh?
> (That had to be said ;^)[/color]

Actually, one of the cars I was considering was a Mazda 3, they're nice,
sporty, they look a little odd, but remember, I *LIKE* quirky Japanese
cars, they are made in Japan, and it has a better driving position than
the Scion! It was a few $$$ more, though...and it wasn't a Toyota!

I have to admit, I've taken the car apart and made some 'changes' to it
(driving lights, CD player, XM radio) and, for it's time, it was built
pretty well...actually, on par with my Toyotas! Really! I don't know much
about Mazda reliability (it seems some of their models were bullet-proof
and others were...wel, just *poof*), but as far as how it was engineered
and put together, it is pretty well done!

The Nissan I had was NOWHERE near as well made as either any of my Toys or
this Mazda. I haven't had enough experieince with Suby's or Mitsubishis to
know about them...


[color=blue]
>
> But I LIKE a happy, warm ending! And an educational one, too: It sounds
> like you learned another trick, you old dog, you . . . .[/color]

Thanks. I had a feeling this was the problem, but didn't figure on TWO
Goofballs misplacing the thermostat!

[color=blue]
>
> -Don (feeling glad for Hachiroku)[/color]

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:42:42 +0000, sharx35 wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
> news:_bGih.5473$WS4.1242@trndny07...[color=green]
>> beacuse whoever put in the LAST thermostat did the SAME THING!
>>
>> Near as I can tell, the t-stat slipped and didn't quite line up as it
>> should have. The machined lip that was supposed to hold it wasn't as
>> deep as they usually are, so when I fitted the gasket and put the cover
>> on, it must have moved and opened up at the top.
>>
>> THIS time, I gooped the gasket, put the t-stat in, put the gasket on
>> with the goop on it, held the whole mess with a fingertip and then
>> seated the housing. I held the housing in place and fitted the nuts.
>>
>> After that, the car warmed up within 5 minutes, and stayed nice and
>> warm. Actually got a little TOO warm, but another burping and filling
>> and then topping off the bottle and the temp gauge stays at about 1/3
>> all the time.
>>
>> Ah, well...that's what I get for not getting one from Mazda, I guess![/color]
>
> This is a TOYOTA group.[/color]


But, with the Brain Trust we have here, I figured it was worth a shot.

A t-stat is a t-stat, eh?

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:32:13 +0000, Wonko the Angry wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> "sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:mfKih.87480$hn.77707@edtnps82...
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>> > ............Ah, well...that's what I get for not getting one from
>> > Mazda,[/color][/color]
> I guess![color=green]
>>
>> This is a TOYOTA group.
>>[/color]
> Oooh so it is and somebody has the cheek to write about an ungodly Mazda,
> well it's just as well that we have you to lead us on the path of
> righteousness, isn't it, we could have all gone to hell for reading these
> non TOYOTA (All hail to TOYOTA) postings. I tell you what, next time
> somebody posts infidel Mazda questions, why don't you blow yourself up!
> (Ya dickhead!)[/color]


Wonko! Don't be so Angry!

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:01:41 +1000, Nicholas Bourne wrote:
[color=blue]
> Keep in mind, that no engine modification or any other type of performance
> enhancing modification is included in the ricing process.[/color]


You sure? I mean, this makes sense and all, but I have heard the term
'ricer' applied to people who HAVE made some pretty Fire-Breathing mods to
their cars, predominately by Motor Heads who think no-one but Ford and/or
Chevy can make a car (did I even IMPLY Chevy could make a car?!?!) and, of
course, forget ALL about MoPar...

And, I have been called a ricer merely for owning Japanese cars.
Aw, well, I like 'em!

"Nicholas Bourne" <nbourne@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:458bd4ed@dnews.tpgi.com.au...[color=blue]
>
>[color=green]
> >[/color]
> WOW! that must be the BEST come-back I have heard! er, what's a ricer?
>
>
>
> I wasn't implying, just clarifying
>[/color]
No,no I didn't mean you, I meant him, no what I mean to you is thanks for
clarification. AARRgh, it's all too confusing, it's back to the instute for
me!