When I need to add coolant to my 67.5 1600 I depress the thermostat
with a long screwdriver which lets the air out that is below the
thermostat.
Another way is to drill a small (1/8") hole in the flange of the
thermostat to allow the air to bypass the thermostat.
In a normal cooling system I know a mechanic that would insert an aspirin
tablet to hold the thermostat open. When the water level gets up to the
thermostat (which may not be reachable with the housing in place, and
the hoses hooked up), the aspirin would disolve and the thermostat would
close! For quite a time I thought that he had a lot of headaches to have
a bottle of 100 aspirin in his toolbox!
Peace,
Pat
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Mical Davis wrote:
> I can't believe I'm actually asking this.
>
> I am in process of restoring my 69 1600 and have
> replaced the belt, several
> major gaskets, and ALL of the coolant lines. Although
> I've flushed and
> filled my system a number of times in the last couple
> of months since the
> purchase of the car, I'm not 100% confident I am
> filling the system
> correctly.
>
> My 1600 has the crazy coolant neck bolted to the head
> rather than the 2000
> radiator with the filler on the radiator itself. When
> I've flushed and
> filled, I've simply slowly added coolant and water,
> wait till it drains,
> fill a little more, wait, fill, wait, etc. After
> running the car a little
> I'll usually add a little more. Is this the correct
> process for filling
> these funky coolant systems?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mical
>
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