DIFFERENT GUY - OTHER THOUGHTS YOU MIGHT ADD TO THE POSSIBILITIES
JUST TO INTERJECT SOME STUFF!
NOW DAYS YOUR RADIATOR HOSES SELDOM HAVE A ANTI-COLLAPSE SPRING IN 'EM, I ALWAYS SWAP THE OLD SPRING TO MY NEW HOSE, IF THEY DON'T.
COULD YOU JUST BE SO "WOUND UP" IN IT, ON TOP, THAT MAYBE YOU ARE MISSING INTERMITTENT HOSE COLLAPSE OF ONE OF THE HOSES? 'SPECIALLY AT HIGHER RPMS?
THIS MAY OR MAY NOT HELP BELOW
I'VE HAD PROBLEMS (IN THE PAST) WITH MY THERMOSTAT ALLOWING THE WATER TO GET A BIT HOTTER THAN IT SHOULD ON THE MECHANICAL TEMP GAUGE, LIKE GETTING UP TO CLOSE TO 200 DEGREES OR MORE BEFORE IT WOULD SUDDENLY OPEN AND BE NORMAL (180 DEGREES), A LOT OF THE TIME, IT WOULD REPETITIVELY DO THIS WHILE DRIVING AND SOMETIMES IT WOULD SETTLE AND STAY WHERE IT SHOULD. I TRIED MANY DIFFERENT THERMOSTAT BRANDS, EVEN THE EXPENSIVE "LIFETIME WARRANTY" JOBS THAT WERE AVAILABLE. NO DICE. THE WHOLE TIME, IT DID REMAIN IN THE "SAFE ZONE". HOWEVER, IT DID WORRY ME THAT IT MIGHT NOT DROP TO IT'S PROPER TEMP AND OVERHEAT SHOULD I QUIT PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION!
I DISCUSSED THIS WITH MANY PEOPLE, FINALLY I FOUND ANOTHER CJ GUY, WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND A SOLUTION!
I'M NO ENGINEER, AND HAVE NOT "FLOW TESTED" THIS IN A LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT. OR KNOW FOR SURE THAT THIS WOULD PROVIDE BETTER FLOW MORE VOLUME THRU IT. BUT IT DID FIX MY PROBLEM! I HAVE STUCK WITH IT EVER SINCE
A SUBARU THERMOSTAT (COMMON TO MANY SUBARUs), 56 MM, ON BOTTOM SAYS "STC"--IN THE PARTS STORE, IT'S THE ONE FOR MOST SUBARUS. YOU WILL RECOGNIZE IF IT'S RIGHT BY THE O.D AND MY PIC AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS
THIS IS A PERFECT FIT REPLACEMENT FOR MY OEM 258 THERMOSTAT
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PIC, REGULAR OLE JEEP STAT IS ON THE LEFT, WITH A SMALL CENTER TRAP DOOR, AND SUBARU IS ON THE RIGHT WITH THE BIG TRAP DOOR
THE OTHER JEEP GUYS' THEORY WAS, OPENING EITHER STAT REQUIRED THE SAME TEMPERATURE - THE BIG DOOR IS LESS LIKELY TO STICK/ WEDGE IN THE HOLE (DELAYED OPENING), AND WILL ALLOW MORE FLOW THRU THE STAT. MY GAUGE NOW STOPS AT 180 OR 195 (WHICHEVER I'M RUNNING), THIS HAS BEEN WORKING GREAT FOR ME, FOR YEARS! CORRECT THEORY OR NOT!
WORKS FOR MY 1946 WILLYS W/ L-134 TOO
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT, JUST SOME THOUGHTS
THE MEDIC
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Monday, July 7th, 2014 AT 7:41 PM
