Hi All,
Here's something else to ponder. Coming home from work in my gre=
en
1975 Midget, I stopped off to pick up some gas. The needle was right on =
N
on the dual temp/ oil pressure gauge. By the time I had filled up with g=
as
etc, the needle had shot WAY past the Hot zone and was in fact pointing a=
t
100 psi (ie the needle was out of the temperature part of the gauge and
was now in the oil pressure part of it!) Expecting a Chernobyl disaster,=
=
I fired up the engine and drove home. It soon cooled down back to N, =
though not before giving me the dreaded symptons of vapor lock ( this is
when maximum speed is a majestic 5 mph and there are twenty cars behind y=
ou
blowing their horns)
Normally, this car (1500 engine) is very slow to warm up, BTW. I=
t
does have a thermostat because I put one in a while ago.
Anyhow, what gives. This car spends the night next to my white
1275, of "Can't get over 3000 rpm" fame. Have they been talking about me=
and what a lousy owner I am?
Hey, I just remembered something - where is the heater valve for
the 1500's. I've looked all over the place. On the 1275's, of course it=
's
a cute tap thingee that sits on the cylinder head.
Adrian (Getting hot and bothered)
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