Change your radiator from a 2 row to a 3 row core. Does more for cooling than
anything else.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
Soup Weed wrote:
> Hello People,
>
> I took my 1275 head off b/c my head gasket was leaking which i believe was
> causing my bugeye to run at 190 - 205 F under normal driving conditions.
>
> Since I had the head off, the Haynes book for my car reccomends to clean the
> carbon build up off of the piston crowns and try to take a little of the
> deposits off around the top of the piston around the cylinder wall...
>
> I did and it was amazing how much crap was built up on top of the
> pistons....
>
> I also found that there was a bunch of crap blocking the small tube just
> under the head that connects to the water pump i think....
>
> GGGGGGss i hope when i get it put back together she runs cooler.
>
> I am getting the head checked out and skimmed, and will be puting new head
> gaskets and manifold gaskets and a new duplex timing chain and the six
> bladed plastic fan....
>
> is there anything else???,
>
> Chris
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