Help finding '77 250 thermostat housing! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

71Burb · 01-08-2013, 03:10 PM

Hey guys, can't seem to find this part anywhere?? I was changing the thermostat on this truck i just purchased. It is a 250 6 cylinder. The bolts holding the water outlet (on top of thermostat) where completely corroded and broke when i tried to get them off. So i took off the housing below it (which has a nipple for the heater and the temp sensor and mounts to the head) and tried to repair the holes by drilling them out. Unfortuneately i cracked the ear where the bolt hole lives. It is made of soft metal (aluminum?)
I can't find anybody that carries this part? Anybody know where i can find one? Part # is 352161.

Thanks, Al

Redcap · 01-08-2013, 03:41 PM

Wrecking yards.

sierra4x4 · 01-12-2013, 10:32 PM

Does your engine have the integrated head? Do you have a picture of it?

cory d · 01-12-2013, 11:03 PM

77 sounds about the time they switched to the integrated heads. when you cant locate parts like that, hit the scrap yards.

71Burb · 01-13-2013, 03:22 PM

Yes it is the integrated head. Thanks for the suggestions guys ... i have checked out the wrecking yards, long story short .... no I6 chevys in any yard in the area. I will try to get a pic later of the part. Thanks, Allan

**thinair** · 01-15-2013, 05:26 PM

79 be the same?
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4x4toy · 01-15-2013, 06:24 PM

http://www.ebay.com/itm/66-78-250-CH...eb2587&vxp=mtr

or

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chevy-194-23...7b77e6&vxp=mtr

Would these work for you? Only 2 on ebay.

01-08-2013, 03:10 PM	#1
71Burb Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary,Alberta,Canada Posts: 70	Help finding '77 250 thermostat housing! Hey guys, can't seem to find this part anywhere?? I was changing the thermostat on this truck i just purchased. It is a 250 6 cylinder. The bolts holding the water outlet (on top of thermostat) where completely corroded and broke when i tried to get them off. So i took off the housing below it (which has a nipple for the heater and the temp sensor and mounts to the head) and tried to repair the holes by drilling them out. Unfortuneately i cracked the ear where the bolt hole lives. It is made of soft metal (aluminum?) I can't find anybody that carries this part? Anybody know where i can find one? Part # is 352161. Thanks, Al __________________ Al from Calary. 72 Chev S/B Ground Up Project.

01-08-2013, 03:41 PM	#2
Redcap Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lewis County, WA Posts: 1,523	Re: Help finding '77 250 thermostat housing! Wrecking yards. __________________ '77 K35 - 454, SM465/NP205, 4.56 D60/14bFF

01-12-2013, 10:32 PM	#3
sierra4x4 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 308	Re: Help finding '77 250 thermostat housing! Does your engine have the integrated head? Do you have a picture of it?

01-12-2013, 11:03 PM	#4
cory d Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Arlington WA Posts: 1,728	Re: Help finding '77 250 thermostat housing! 77 sounds about the time they switched to the integrated heads. when you cant locate parts like that, hit the scrap yards. __________________ GMC C15 355 SM465 3.73 80 C10 cruiser build thread 79 short stepside crew cab. big and ugly. build thread

01-13-2013, 03:22 PM	#5
71Burb Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary,Alberta,Canada Posts: 70	Re: Help finding '77 250 thermostat housing! Yes it is the integrated head. Thanks for the suggestions guys ... i have checked out the wrecking yards, long story short .... no I6 chevys in any yard in the area. I will try to get a pic later of the part. Thanks, Allan __________________ Al from Calary. 72 Chev S/B Ground Up Project.

01-15-2013, 05:26 PM	#6
thinair thinair Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: omaha,ne Posts: 1,010	Re: Help finding '77 250 thermostat housing! 79 be the same? Posted via Mobile Device

01-15-2013, 06:24 PM	#7
4x4toy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Southern Md Posts: 228	Re: Help finding '77 250 thermostat housing! http://www.ebay.com/itm/66-78-250-CH...eb2587&vxp=mtr or http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chevy-194-23...7b77e6&vxp=mtr Would these work for you? Only 2 on ebay. __________________ 04 Yukon XL 2500 w/ Quadrasteer 61 Chevy C60, 261 inline six 86 Chevy C20 2wd, Banks 6.2 05 GMC Sierra 2500hd Duramax



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