{"id":46738,"date":"2023-12-28T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=46738"},"modified":"2023-12-28T16:07:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T16:07:02","slug":"autos-diy-mechanics-changing-the-thermostat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/autos-diy-mechanics-changing-the-thermostat\/","title":{"rendered":"Autos: diy mechanics: changing the thermostat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Self-tutoring about diy mechanics: the tutor mentions a job he did.<\/h2>\n<p>\nOur 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan&#8217;s engine light came on. I plugged in the diagnostic computer and it turned out it was referencing the thermostat.<\/p>\n<p>\nI recall, back in the 70s, we had a car that needed its thermostat replaced. Therefore, I know this is a thing. Looking up the part online, I realized it&#8217;s not that expensive. Naturally I planned to do it myself.<\/p>\n<p>\nWhen possible, I look up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UKtnyxDzjOY\">You Wrench<\/a> for guidance on the 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan. Thankfully they have a video about changing one&#8217;s thermostat.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe job seems to have turned out alright. My wife helped, as usual: she has better instincts with mechanical issues. Her father was a millwright, after all.<\/p>\nJack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\">Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-tutoring about diy mechanics: the tutor mentions a job he did. Our 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan&#8217;s engine light came on. I plugged in the diagnostic computer and it turned out it was referencing the thermostat. I recall, back in the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/autos-diy-mechanics-changing-the-thermostat\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Autos: diy mechanics: changing the thermostat<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mechanics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46739,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46738\/revisions\/46739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}