Thermostat Housing Spring Clip Hell

Post by **BeaKiE** » 04 Apr 2006, 08:29

Anybody got any tips (or know the magical german incantation) for fitting the spring clips which hold the tempreture senders into the thremstat housing?

At the weekend I tried, carefully pushing them into place, pressing them in with a hose-clip, forcing them in with a pair of mole grips, bashing them in with a hammer. All I managed to do was break the housing, which needed replacing anyway as it's cracked at the bottom.

Any tips would be helpfull, I've got to fit a new housing later this week

Rich

Post by **hagzo** » 04 Apr 2006, 15:57

i really hate these clips and think that it's the Germans getting revenge for the war!!

Been told that these are used instead of jubilee clips because they allow for expansion.

Have you tried opening them with grips or long nosed pliers and getting someone to tie them apart with thick wire?

Post by **BeaKiE** » 04 Apr 2006, 17:08

Thanks for the reply hagzo, but those aren't the clips I'm on about. The ones which are causing me trouble are the U shaped clips which "slip" in behind the temperture senders to hold them into the thermostat housing.

I think the idea is that the ends of the U open out as then are forced around the sender then spring back to keep it in place, but on mine the ends just kept digging to the plastic of the housing.

I know what you're on about though, mole grips are your friend with these little buggers

Rich