Looking for a 284 Diesel Thermostat Housing

[taburge]

New to the forum. Found it while looking for a part. Looks like alot of good information on here. Im trying to find a thermostat housing for a IH 284 diesel i picked up that somehow has this part broken. I suspect it must have froze and cracked. It had only water in radiator when I drained and flushed it. Tractor runs great, starts right up. I realize the new parts are hard to find, but does anyone have a take off housing or know a salvage yard that I could call? The part # is 1058298C2.

 

[Harry in Ky]

I went through that last year looking for one for a 274 with the Nissan diesel engine. There wasn't a used one to be found. I found a local guy who welded a 1/4" plate of aluminum onto the cast aluminum base, then machined it out for me. That was my only choice. He did all that for $100. The few used ones (that all turned out to be NLA) were listed for more than that.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

Very few 284's made to begin with so take-offs are hard to come by.