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| RE: 1969 overheating |
| By Barry B - 06/10/2005 1:06:13 PM; IP 64.162.186.125 |
Remove the thermostat and test it in a pan of water on the stove with a candy thermometer. Bring the temperature up slowly, stirring occasionally. If it's a 180* thermostat, it should just start to crack open at 180* and won't be fully open until around 195*.
If it checks out ok, reinstall it making sure the 'guts' side is sticking inside the manifold.
But before reinstalling it, do a sanity check and bolt everything up without the thermostat. Run the engine and see if you've got good flow thru the system. If you do, then proceed with reinstalling the thermostat.
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