Alan,
I had one of the 160deg "sleeved" thermos. This is a Robertshaw
thermostat with the sleeve soldered on. I bought a 180deg Robertshaw,
de-soldered the sleeve and soldered it to a 180deg thermo.
Unfortunately, the 180deg thermo ceased to work after awhile (it would
open prematurely and the engine would run too cool).
Continuing this thread, I have had a couple of thermos do this. The other
was the OEM one on my '96 Ford Ranger (this is apparently a common problem
with this vehicle). Yet, you take both these thermos and test them "on the
bench"--i.e. heat them in a pan of water with a thermometer--and they open
right
at the nominal setpoint. A friend suggested that you would have to test them
under
normal pressure--e.g. 7-14psi--to see the actual functioning (maybe they open
prematurely under some pressure).
I now have Stant thermos in both the truck and the Healey ... they work
fine. BTW, the local AutoZone no longer carries the Robertshaw ... they may
have gone out of business (I've never seen them anywhere but Autozone).
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@pacbell.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Schultz" <alan@andysnet.net>
To: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
Cc: "John Snyder" <helyjohn@cablespeed.com>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 5:25 AM
Subject: Re: Hot Problem
> To add something to this thread. I called Nock's in CA and talked to
> Michael. The sleeved thermostats they sell are 160 F opening stats. The
> one in my BJ8 opens begins opening at 155 F. They have been trying to
> get 180 F stats for a number of years. So for all those who are
> concerned that 160 F being to low a temperature to operate a Healey
> engine, there would be no choice but to use a non-sleeved 180 F stat.
>
> If anyone out there has a source for 180 F sleeved stat I would sure
> appreciate hearing from you.
>
> Alan S
> 67 BJ8 (aint-it-fun)
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