[TR] TR4 bypass hose question

[Chris Simo]

I use a 72 Camaro 350 thermostat and stuck a random 1/4 inch Chinese socket
in the bypass hose to mostly block it off.

I should change the hose and socket. It's been really more than a few
years...

Sent from my TRASH-80

On Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 7:47 PM Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr at gmail.com> wrote:

> I used a copper cap (I think it was 3/4" - whatever is a snug fit in the
> hose) with a hole drilled in it (possibly 3/16"):
>
> [image: bypasshose.jpg]
>
> Not as important on a TR4 as by then they had reduced the size of the
> outlet for the bypass - but since I live and drive in the desert I tend to
> do whatever might help.
>
> Geo
>
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 11:14 AM Jim Henningsen <trguy75 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would like to install a regular (non bellows) 160 degree thermostat in
>> my
>> 62 TR4.  I am hearing that to do so I need to block off the bypass hose.
>> I'd like to keep the stock look of the bypass hose installed.  Is there a
>> particular plug or bung that folks have used to insert into the bypass
>> opening on the water pump housing or thermostat housing that is
>> effective.
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Jim Henningsen
>> Ocala, FL 34471
>>
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