Thermostat Re: [Shotimes] Bought a 91 SHO, some questions

[John Weidenbenner]

> It's perfectly fine for you to disagree with me.
Thanks. Just trying to provide alternate soultions. ;>)

Picking the Stant, for me, a matter of convienence and cost after loosing
confidence in Ford quality. What did I have to lose? I try to avoid giving
Ford my money to buy replacement parts when I can find a better deal. Since
my 93 has just 60k miles I consider any parts, other than wear items, that
need replacement to be pre-mature failure.

I'm not a true blue Ford guy, but a SHO enthusiast.

John W.
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@jps.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 1:26 AM
Subject: Re: Thermostat Re: [Shotimes] Bought a 91 SHO, some questions


> On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 15:31:22 -0600, John Weidenbenner wrote:
>
> >If anything, the Ford thermostat has been a
> >high failure component. Most Ford Rev. B thermostats are lucky to make it
> >through 3 years. I've had a Stant working properly for 5 years. It took 3
> >Ford thermostats to get through the first 5 years.
>
> It's perfectly fine for you to disagree with me.  I purposely use very
wide
> generalities when I make statements on this list like the one I did in
this thread.
> I know I am not speaking for everyone, and I make sure that fact is
obvious when I
> say that "A few have found various aftermarket ones work OK....."   I said
that for
> a very specific reason, so that anyone with your experience would not have
a reason
> to think I was arguing.  There are many hundreds of us on this list, and
there are
> that many opinions when someone asks for advice on using a specific part.
>
> That said....the Lowrider has been running its current Ford factory
equipment
> thermostat for almost three years, and the one before that did not fail,
contrary to
> what I believed at the time.  The apparent excessive engine cooling I was
> encountering when I changed it was due to the temp sender timing out its
lifespan.
> I changed the thermostat first, and there was no change in the indication,
but the
> sender fixed the problem, with the gauge again reading at the A, like I
want it to.
> The previous thermostat was over 5 years old, and was installed prior to
the first
> 100K miles, under warranty, by a dealer, when the original one stuck open.
(Car's
> only had three total, in 259K miles.)
>
> I make no excuses as to why this particular '90 SHO continues to run as
well as it
> does, with no problems, significant or otherwise, other than things like a
squeaking
> seat, due to rust, and chipping paint, due to age.  I just bless my stars
that it
> continues to start and deliver what it promises, day after day, year after
year,
> since the ones I have chosen to replace it with are not yet ready to take
up the
> cause.
>
> >Gary Morrell doubts, as I do, that the Stant aftermarket thermostat flows
> >less. Do you have any data to show less flow than the Ford? My Stant
cools
> >the same as the Ford units, that is until the Ford sticks open.
>
> I have no data one way or another regarding cooling capabilities from one
thermostat
> to another.  I haven't any way to measure cooling at all, other than to
look at the
> gauge, note the outside temp, driving conditions, and monitor MPG.  Four
years ago,
> this car gave me the classic signs it needed a new radiator;  it got one,
and the
> signs went away.  I run Stant thermostats from NAPA in all the other
vehicles around
> here, and they also give me no trouble.
>
> When I joined the american.edu SHOTimes list in 1995, I once made a
definitive "you
> better listen to what I say" type statement about some subject, and
something rather
> fierce almost started up....before most of the folks who know me well knew
> me.....one cannot do that on a national list like this, so full of
knowledgable
> enthusiasts.
>
> George