[Healeys] Proper Thermostat for a BT7?

[David Nock]

Neither one of these it the correct one for a Healey. The Healey  
requires a sleeved thermostat and they are not available at any of  
your local parts houses. There needs to be a sleeve that closes off  
the water bypass in the head. The MGC has a bypass on the bottom that  
is closed off when the thermostat opens.



David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767

www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Jul 9, 2008, at 4:19 PM, Jack Feldman wrote:

> Somewhere I read that the 3000 takes a special thermostat. I asked a
> representative of a LBC repair shop and he confirmed the  
> information and
> gave me two part numbers. There were Stant 13358, and 13008. I went  
> to my
> local NAPA store and they translated those part numbers into NAPA  
> 169, and
> 170. Both of those thermostats looked exactly alike, and both were 180
> degree thermostats. The were so much alike I'm not even sure I got the
> correct part in the appropriate box.
>
> When I looked at them out of the box they just looked like any old
> thermostat.
>
> Do we really need a special thermostat? If the part numbers that  
> were given
> to me are correct, what is special about these thermostats?
>
> My MGC has a special thermostat, but the difference is obvious.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jack
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