Puting together a gauge kit

[Ranger]

I just removed the whole intake manifold to get the housing off. Can’t remember what interfered but I guess I was taking the intake manifold off the last couple times anyway. I changed the t-stat on the ix which should be the same thing 3 day’s ago and I don’t remember those untapped spots being there. Have an 8th floor apartment with no parking now. Can’t run out to the garage and look at anything anymore.

The trick here is to remove the top stud that holds the tstat housing and replace it with a bolt. That way you can easily remove the tstat housing by removing the bolt and rotating the tstat forward. Chuck Baader showed me this.