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special tool = thermostat
My newly installed oil cooler (thermostat) is leaking a little bit...
Does anyone know where to buy a special tool to tigthen thermostat.. It looks like it uses a huge flat head screwdriver. I was told that a tool looks like a socket with flat head attched to it... ???? 
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04-17-2007, 10:59 AM
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Sounds like you are looking for a drag link socket. They come in various sizes from about 1/2 inch to 1.5 inches. Expect to pay $10.00 or so depending on the size. The really large ones are expensive.
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04-17-2007, 11:47 AM
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Yes that's the tool, does any regular hardware store carries that tool?
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If you are looking for top of the line stuff, here is the Snap-On drag link page. Of course, you can get an entire set of Craftsman drag link sockets for less than the price of one Snap-on socket. Amazon sells Proto drag link sockets for a really good price. Proto is Stanley's line of professional tools. Very good stuff! Good luck.
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grind it to fit
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I have had problems with the Craftsman tool twisting out of the slot because the business end of the tool isn't long enough. It depends on slot depth, but look at the pic of the Proto tool. Its sides are parallel longer, if that makes any sense.
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You can easily make one with a piece of bar stock that slides into a socket so it is snug across the widest part of the hexagon. As I recall, the slot is rounded at the base, and hence if you make your own, it can fit the slot perfectly.
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you can also grab the outside of the cap with channel-locks and carefully tighten it a bit. probably have better luck that way. those big screwdriver sockets always seem to twist out of the slot for me, and chew up the edges of the slot in the process.
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