Back to my original topic. I am no closer to figuring out how to fit the skirted thermostat than I was before. I thought I needed a new lower housing, so I ordered one from our host, but it is no different and the thermostat doesn't fit down in it either (see 1st picture below). After more research, I found this blog post blog post that makes me think I need a new upper housing (aka outlet pipe):
http://1960landroverrestoration.blog...d-housing.html
(See 2nd picture below taken from the blog post, my upper housing is like the one on the right)
But there are two problems with that, 1) a new upper housing (part 527109) is almost impossible to find and 2) I am still not sure the upper housing is the culprit here.
Can someone please confirm for me whether the thermostat is supposed to fully fit into the lower housing or stickup into the upper housing? Does your thermostat upper housing look like the one on the right or the one on the left in picture 2 below?
I am also starting to wonder if the thermostat I have is just not right, even though I am sure it is supposed to be an 82C land rover 2.25 thermostat.
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