[Oletrucks] Overheating 350 in my '58 Apache

[Gale Gorman]

I don't buy the hood shape idea either. That idea would take a lot of cars off the road, though.

Have you tried a lower thermostat, or none?

Is the block reasonably clean?

Water pump pumping as it should?

How thick is the core on the aluminum radiator?

Years ago I had a radiator built with a core twice as thick as the original for a '67 truck and that kept things cool.

-- 
Gale Gorman
Houston

On Apr 9, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Smokey Culver wrote:

Hey guys, I have a question about my '58 Apache.  I have a small block 350,
and can never keep the engine cool in the summer.  When the ambient
temperature reaches mid 90s the engine heats up to 220+.  Stopped in traffic
I have to turn the air conditioner off and sometimes run the heater just to
keep it from boiling over.  At night it runs cool.  I have installed an
aluminum radiator and a big electric fan, and don't know what else to do.
One mechanic told me that the shape of the hood keeps the hot air inside the
engine compartment, but I don't buy that.  Anyone else had such a problem?



Thanks!



Smokey Culver

League City, Texas 

1950 3600 5-window Jitterbug

1958 Apache The Chick Truck



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