1999 Tercel Thermostat Housing Bolt Broken

[rkoreen]

I have a 1999 Toyota Tercel, Manual Trans, 1.8 car. I was replacing my thermostat and the lower bolt/stud broke while trying to remove the thermostat housing. I have not run into this before. Can I ask if this bolt is something you can replace? Im wondering if it is part of the water pump or if I can purchase the bolt and heat the old one out. Im not sure if it is threaded all the way in. Any help would again be much appreciated.

Thank you

[96paseo]

The threaded stud is removable. Order replacements from the dealer along with new nuts. Hopefully, you have enough of the old stud left to grab onto. Use a pair of vise grips to remove the old stud.

[rkoreen]

I wanted to post a quick thank you again for the assistance from this forum... I was able to order the stud and nut from my local Toyota dealership for under $4.. In case anyone runs into this - the part numbers are as follows:
Nut - 90179-06106 & Stud 92122-60616..
After removing the air intake and and the thermostat housing... I sprayed the stud with WD40 and left it overnight .... a minute with a torch and the stud came off with no issues using a vise grip...
Thank you again

[96paseo]

Good to see the repair worked out. Thanks for posting the part #'s.