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22nd February 2018, 09:29 | #21 | |
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If you had overheating issues you took the radiator cap off, pulled out the thermostat, cooked it in boiling water and if it didn't move you replaced it with a $3 part. Sounds great huh. Thing is, you had to put up with vinyl bench seats front and rear and no air con at all. I don't miss that
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22nd February 2018, 17:31 | #22 | |
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Make sure that the clips on the straight pipe are pushed fully outwards after assembly. They should be in close contact with the water pump inlet and the 'stat housing. Simon
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23rd February 2018, 04:31 | #23 | |
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Thank you.
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6th March 2018, 06:50 | #24 |
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Well I'll be darned :P
Currently on my fourth beer after testing the new thermostat install. IT WORKS! Arctic's guide was a godsend as I followed his instructions to the tee. I am rather delighted. It's the most involved mechanical job I have ever done and it has gone well. What a relief! The last time the thermostat needed replacing was due to the temp being too low. It cost $1200 dollars to replace. This time a replacement was needed due to the temp being too high and it cost me $70 for a header cap and $190 for the thermostat kit. I have saved a fortune and have learned a great deal along the way. Thank you all for being so helpful. I literally couldn't have done it without all the help. Cheers
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Love my 75 and it loves me Membership Number 1703 This vehicle was the 82,624th 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381 This vehicle was the 6,161st 75 2.5 V6 Contemporary to be made out of 8,214 This vehicle was the 9,755th 75 in White Gold Metallic (code: GMN) to be made out of 12,251 White Gold Metallic 75s Last edited by BaroqueMoon; 6th March 2018 at 09:56.. |
6th March 2018, 07:18 | #25 |
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Great sense of achievement to fix it yourself, well done
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7th March 2018, 09:59 | #26 | |
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Well done Matthew.
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If this is the case, your car will not have the benefit of the additional forced volume of air that would be "rammed" into the radiator by your vehicles forward motion on the road. Workshops, at least in my locality, always place a high performance fan directed to the radiator to compensate for the lack of "headwind" - and to prevent the car overheating. Well done! It gives you a great sense of satisfaction when doing it yourself. p.s. I am always wary of exhaust fumes in an enclosed space. |
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8th March 2018, 00:27 | #27 | |
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Hi Bruce I tested at idle speed (650 rpm) so that I could get easily reproducible results and the warming would be very gradual. I had the garage door and windows open minimising the exhaust fume issue. I was very satisfied with my efforts I must admit
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