[Shotimes] COLD !!!!

[shewitt@hypercon.net]

I've noticed this behavior on cold days in my old ranger. 
 Over the course of 2 minutes the temp gauge would go from 
80% to 20%.  I'm guessing the cooling system was very 
efficient on cold days and the thermostat was trying to 
maintain the temps but it would have to bounce the spring 
open and closed to do that.

I think the fix is to put some cardboard over a portion of 
the rad... I see big delivery trucks running around here 
like that during the winter...

Scot H
95 Red MTX - 67k

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 12:29:18 -0800 (PST)
  Shylo McKinsey <mrfluffy02@yahoo.com> wrote:
>-38 was the low last night...no wind...so I don't know
>if it got any colder or not. The SHO almost didn't
>start this morning...anout 15 seconds of turning over
>and it sputtered to life...one question though... Can
>your thermostat freeze? Seemed like mine was this
>morning...didn't open up untill it hit "O"...then
>dropped back down...hasen't done this since the first
>start...Can't wait till school starts again...leaving
>MT thursday...NC...here I come...
>
>Shylo McKinsey
>
>'91 White (and cussing at its owner) MTX
>
>--- Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net> wrote:
>> Peoria, IL this morning -3 with chill factor of -20
>> 
>> Also forgot to reset the humidifier for the colder
>> weather 
>> and woke up this morning to dew on all the
>> windows...DOH!
>> 
>> Still won't compare to the halftime show I marched
>> as a 
>> Marching Saluki (Southern IL university) one January
>> in 
>> Green Bay WI for the packers.  Actual temp about 15
>> below, 
>> wind chill -40 or worse.
>> 
>> SIU Chem dept worked up some super lube that wasn't
>> supposed 
>> to ever freeze for the valves on trumpets, horns
>> etc, and 
>> slides on trombones.  EVERY horn froze solid when we
>> emerged 
>> from the hockey rink where we "warmed up" before
>> pre-game.
>> 
>> Everyone spent the first half huddled around cig.
>> lighters 
>> in the bathrooms (smelled horrible, and not because
>> of us!) 
>> Did the halftime, still have it on audio tape, back
>> then 
>> (1969) they broadcast most of the halftime instead
>> of making 
>> us listen to overpaid jocks and talking heads go
>> over every 
>> detail of what we had just watched!  It is a shame
>> that 
>> college games broadcast never show the band (or for
>> 10 
>> seconds if at all) anymore.  Those kids deserve a
>> little air 
>> time as much as the jocks.  At least we still get
>> the 
>> obligatory crotch shot of the cheerleaders about
>> every 5 
>> minutes!  :)
>> 
>> Don Mallinson
>> May move to San Francisco sooner than July if this
>> continues!
>> 
>> Modemagic@aol.com wrote:
>> 
>> > Temp in Davenport, IA @ 9:30AM Central Time -5
>> Degrees  Windchill... 
>> > seriously who cares.. its cold out... thats all
>> that matters! :)
>> > 
>> > C'mon June!
>> > Dave
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