thermostat

[Tommyg]

Have decided to put in a 160 thermostat. I think I now have a 190 because on warm-up this morning I noticed on my scanmaster that it stayed at 190 for several minutes before rising to 200-210 indicating to me that the thermostat had just opened. I went to advance but all they had was a 180. Then I looked at the motor and couldn't even see where it is. Most cars have a goose neck at the end of the upper radiator hose. It doesn' appear that this car has one. Please help this dummy out. Tommy

 

[THE CROW]

Follow the upper radiator hose to the intake. You'll see a "C" shaped bracket with 1 bolt in it. This is where the thermostat is. Drain the coolant about a 1/3 of the way, Remove the bolt and the bracket to get at the stat. It would be wise to replace the factory thermostat tube with a stainless steel tube from one of the vendors.

 

[JoeNational]

And to my knowledge you will not find a 160 themrostat to fit our cars in any reg auto parts store, you must order from a TR vendor like jaysgn or kirban, but i could be wrong. very cheap.

 

[Tommyg]

In the old days we would take out the thermostat all together. What would be the ramifications of doing that? Tommy