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Post by mike on Jul 16, 2013 18:37:24 GMT -6
It's always going to go up after you turn it off
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Post by Somebody on Jul 16, 2013 18:47:44 GMT -6
It's always going to go up after you turn it off Maybe it'll be fine then.. at least till I replace the radiator.. OHHHH... and I forgot to show off the best part of the whole car!!!
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Post by RESCUERODNEY on Jul 16, 2013 19:02:32 GMT -6
Looken good Charlie.
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Post by BEN on Jul 16, 2013 22:01:54 GMT -6
with no thermo, the water flows to fast sometimes... not giving it enough time in the radiator to cool off...or at least that's what I've read on forums... lol
although, it's probably just the radiator lol
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Post by mike on Jul 16, 2013 23:49:24 GMT -6
with no thermo, the water flows to fast sometimes... not giving it enough time in the radiator to cool off...or at least that's what I've read on forums... lol although, it's probably just the radiator lol You have read wrong, removing the thermostat will not make it run hot, done it many many times and never had a problem except the heater sucks in the winter.
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Post by BEN on Jul 17, 2013 7:20:05 GMT -6
Yeah. I think it might be a focus thing. If there's any truth to it. I'm thinking it was several different focus guys saying it did that.
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Post by mike on Jul 17, 2013 10:44:39 GMT -6
Yeah. I think it might be a focus thing. If there's any truth to it. I'm thinking it was several different focus guys saying it did that. Well it might cause some problems with some of the new computer controlled vehicles but not in his 1964
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Post by Somebody on Jul 17, 2013 11:41:59 GMT -6
Yeah. I think it might be a focus thing. If there's any truth to it. I'm thinking it was several different focus guys saying it did that. Well it might cause some problems with some of the new computer controlled vehicles but not in his 1964 This is true.. You have to go Back To Basic thinking when dealing with these old ass cars.. I was hooking up the relay for the fan and couldn't figure out where to get a switch hot to run the relay from... There's not a lot of wires under the hood to pull from!
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Post by N2DEEP on Jul 17, 2013 11:59:10 GMT -6
But, back to basics, heat transfer is needed to cool it. While the water typically won't stay in the engine long enough to heat up properly without the thermostat, it also won't be in the radiator long enough to transfer the heat from the water to the fins. Running cool would be the stereotypical result, but if everything was stereotypical anyone could do this.
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Post by mike on Jul 17, 2013 18:39:55 GMT -6
But that's why the radiator were made of copper, copper transfers heat faster
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Post by Somebody on Jul 17, 2013 19:45:54 GMT -6
Either way it's getting a new one! I slapped some more bondo on it today.. I think I got all of the spots.. Gonna start sanding it some times this wknd I think.. I'll post more pics after the first sanding..
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Post by N2DEEP on Jul 17, 2013 19:47:12 GMT -6
They weren't designed to run without a thermostat. That's like saying you won't run out of hot water as long as it runs through your water heater. Until the water has a minute to make that transfer, it won't be efficient. Your biggest advantage of not having the thermostat is it will take much longer to heat up because you are trying to heat the entire cooling system as it passes through the engine as opposed to only heating what is in the engine until the thermostat opens to start a fresh cycle. The risk that you take is that if it heats up too much, there is no way to keep it in the radiator to help cool it. Removing a thermostat is a bandaid for another issue.
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Post by Somebody on Jul 17, 2013 20:05:51 GMT -6
They weren't designed to run without a thermostat. That's like saying you won't run out of hot water as long as it runs through your water heater. Until the water has a minute to make that transfer, it won't be efficient. Your biggest advantage of not having the thermostat is it will take much longer to heat up because you are trying to heat the entire cooling system as it passes through the engine as opposed to only heating what is in the engine until the thermostat opens to start a fresh cycle. The risk that you take is that if it heats up too much, there is no way to keep it in the radiator to help cool it. Removing a thermostat is a bandaid for another issue. I agree... thermostat good.. I still have the one that was in it and I'm gonna put it back in.. Just not tonight..
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Post by Somebody on Sept 7, 2013 8:12:27 GMT -6
So a lot has happened in the last few months... I'l post pics and problems I had later tonight.. Come to find out the type of primer you use is important! LOL
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Post by BEN on Sept 7, 2013 9:03:25 GMT -6
So a lot has happened in the last few months... I'l post pics and problems I had later tonight.. Come to find out the type of primer you use is important! LOL Lol yeah...
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