For a quick test I would pull the thermostat and run the engine to see what
happens. My son and I took an engine(2.3L) from a Ford Zephyr to replace
the rod knocking 2.0L in his Ranger. Well the Zephyr ran fine when we drove
it home. However, the engine sat for a couple of months in the garage
before we swapped it in the Ranger. Upon the first test drive it
overheated. We replaced the themostat and the problem went away. I'm not
sure why this thing failed when it had worked properly? Just a thought, at
least a cheap place to start if you haven't already looked at this again.
Scot Harig
http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/7553
On Monday, December 15, 1997 5:58 PM, Sergio Dimarmo
[SMTP:wanderer(at)sure.net] wrote:
> Ok, I'm on my last leg here trying to fix this thing from getting hot. I
> had the radiator re-cored and a re-worked Smitty's head with like new
> water ports, new hoses, thermostat and radiator cap. The carbs I thinks
> are adjusted ok, I used Color-Tune and then checked the color of the
> plugs, all looks fine. The timing is now electronic and has been set to
> 8 degrees BTDC. I check the water flow after warming the car up and the
> pump appears to be moving the water but the darn thing still gets hot
> after only a little while running. I'm stuck! I have no clue as to why
> it's doing this. Is it possible that the water pump is not pumping
> enough? the thing was only six months old when I started to have
> problems, course that was about two years ago. I'd hate to buy a new
> pump and find out the problem still exists. The car never got hot when I
> first bought it about 15 years ago then things started to happen and it
> never got fixed correctly.
>
> Any help on this?
>
> Sergio
>
> 1967 Series V 'AJNT 86'
>
> Ready to give up
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