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LincolnPeters · 07-05-2022, 08:26 AM

Finished this yesterday after three days of fussing with it off and on. Reading through the comments—everyone here is spot on.
My 2 cents, Blue and Rob175 nailed it in the comments. Starting from scratch, I’d totally spend $750 for an indie to handle this…but having done it once I think I could do it again in a couple-3 or four hours hours over two days.

Highlighting from below: No problem for me reusing the hose clamps.
You absolutely want the cable actuated hose clamp tool, and I’d get one shaped like a needle-nose that works at right-angle when I do this again…which I’ll have to do because—-
I couldn’t get the coolant level sensor back in after replacing the tank. There must be a molding blemish blocking the slot it slides in it that I should have checked before remounting the tank. Using it without the coolant level sensor for now…

My takeaway: This was all kinds of frustrating and F’d off. Glad I did it at home? Yeah, but it was dicey at points and scary that I might not get everything back together.
Peace and good luck.

07-05-2022, 08:26 AM	#10
LincolnPeters Perhaps the worst example Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Redlands, CA Posts: 38	Finished this yesterday after three days of fussing with it off and on. Reading through the comments—everyone here is spot on. My 2 cents, Blue and Rob175 nailed it in the comments. Starting from scratch, I’d totally spend $750 for an indie to handle this…but having done it once I think I could do it again in a couple-3 or four hours hours over two days. Highlighting from below: No problem for me reusing the hose clamps. You absolutely want the cable actuated hose clamp tool, and I’d get one shaped like a needle-nose that works at right-angle when I do this again…which I’ll have to do because—- I couldn’t get the coolant level sensor back in after replacing the tank. There must be a molding blemish blocking the slot it slides in it that I should have checked before remounting the tank. Using it without the coolant level sensor for now… My takeaway: This was all kinds of frustrating and F’d off. Glad I did it at home? Yeah, but it was dicey at points and scary that I might not get everything back together. Peace and good luck. __________________ ‘97 986 with ‘00 2.7, 5M “Were most of your stars out?”