Re: Chuck's 48 Deluxe Sedan

Posted by Predictor On 2009/9/16 22:15:37

Sorry for your loss.

Some tips regarding thermostats, if the type of construction allows for it, I always "pop it's cherry" before installing it. What I mean by that is that I manually manipulate the thermostat so that it opens, then of course I release it back to it's normal closed state. Sure, you could boil it in a pot of water to make it do this but who has time for that? And I don't want to go into the story of how large the fire was the last time I tried to boil water.

Quite often thermostats don't initially open correctly and this eliminates that possibility.

Another trick concerns thermostats that need to be held in place inside the neck (and lack a locating groove on the head or intake manifold)...grab a piece of mechanic's wire (some sort of string will do) and fish it thru the 'stat and up thru the neck...this allows you to hold it in place while assembling Rube Goldberg's fine engineering masterpiece.