[Healeys] Fw: Thermostats

[E.A. Driver]

Hi Tom

I offered him a room but he has declined ;-)
Kind regards
Ed
Saskatoon  (+31C today)

Tom Felts wrote:
> OK---just move to the North--problem solved!!:):)
>
> tom
> ---- BJ8 Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com> wrote: 
>
> =============
> Dave, I appreciate your recommendations.  I've tried to test the gauge
> before without removing it from the dash, and I got misleading results that
> delayed my determination that the gauge was inaccurate for a couple years.
> At that time, I had had the gauge professionally rebuilt and assumed that it
> would have been properly calibrated, but it wasn't.  I won't be satisfied
> with the condition of the gauge until I test the sensor directly in boiling
> water and it puts the needle on 212 and no higher.  The only calibration
> points on the gauge as I see it are at 212 and 132 - 141 (?).  The first is
> easy to achieve precisely, but the second not so easy.
> I've pulled and installed my radiator so many times I can do it in about 15
> minutes.  Last time I had it out, I blew out the fins with a compressor.
> Not much came out but miscellaneous bugs.  The fins are fine.  The interior
> may be plugged, but it looks O.K. as far as I can see through the filler
> neck, and the coolant is never discolored or has any particles in it when I
> drain it.
> It's a long-running problem only when I'm down south.  When I take the car
> north, I have no problems with "overheating".  It runs at 190 all day on the
> road.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666	
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC