Hi Everyone,
Someone a while back suggested making drawings of the gaskets. I have started to do so and have intake, exhaust and water flange gasket drawings. I will continue to collect them as I take a part off. I'd post it here, but I'm to dumb to figure how to paste it in.
Next is the belt and thermostat
ST gen belt USA NAPA #250060935 93.5"
Canadian NAPA #060935 All Chev 4.3 L, Ford 90 - 96, Chrysler Pacifica '02
thermostat
USA NAPA #THM253 190 Dimensions:1.805" Flange Diameter
Canadian NAPA #33429 195 Dimension 1.72 " GM '86 to '02
If you are one of the poor deprived souls who has no machine shop, unlike me
Here is a way to install a thermostat without machining. Yup.
You will have to make a gasket for the flange out of .25 gasket material. Make it to the outer dimension of the thermostat rim. Its thickness is .230" Use this gasket to center the thermostat in the head and use a Dremel, air or electric die grinder, to remove a bit of casting on the hole edge so the sensor end of the thermostat clears the block. Slap the flange on and bolt it down. Oh, yeah, drill a 1/16 hole in the thermostat plate close to the edge of the opening part, but not in it. This will let the air thru. If you don't want to, loosen the bolts after you fill it with water, wait til all the air comes out and re-tighten.
Gerry