Re: thermostats for 54 Patty

Posted by Hans Ahlness On 2015/3/23 0:07:09

If you can get a housing for $70 go for it, seems like the PI stuff was discontinued when I was last looking for it. My original housing is pretty thin but I brazed the rust holes in the hose sealing area and it'll do for now. I bought a retaining ring from Kanter and got a radiator cap from the shop that tested my radiator, they scoffed at my suggestion that the Packards could take up to a 13 lb cap and said "this is what you want", and gave me a 4 lb cap! We'll see what happens when I finally get driving, probably have to bump it up to a 7 lb cap. I bought a thermostat from Rock Auto, normal modern capsule type and the retaining ring works just fine.