RE: Need information on 4.7 Thermostat

From: Steven St.Laurent (Saint1958@home.com)
Date: Mon Oct 09 2000 - 11:38:27 EDT


Thanks Bill.

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Steve St.Laurent
2000 Dakota 4.7L, CC, Soon to be Supercharged
1999 Chebby gone in 2003
1993 Suzuki Tracker (Geo) 1.6L
COMING SOON
2003 Aspiring for a V-10 GTS-R
2003 Dodge Dakota 5.7 Hemi R/T

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Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 1:43 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Need information on 4.7 Thermostat

    Stay with the 180. 160 too cold. Step 1> (2) 8mm. bolts. Drain plug is
8mm allen wrench on housing opposite the hose flange. (Prepare for an
anti-freeze bath) Pull hose toward radiator and pull out the thermostat.
Tight working quarters in there. I got 1 bolt from top and 1 from bottom.
USE OLD GASKET. It is real soft rubber.
    IMPORTANT>> You will have to file a notch in the outside edge of the new
thermostat. See the old one for an example. There is a notch on the inside
groove of the gasket also a tit on the outside lip of the gasket(cut it
off).
Now drill a tiny hole 1/32" in the flange of the thermostat. You will see
where the check ball is on the factory t'stat, this lets the air out when
you
start up. Put this hole up. Make sure you install the t'stat with the copper
bulb facing the Block and not in the hose flange.
                                                            Bill

SEMIHEMI01 (Bill C.) 2001 QC, 4.7L, 5spd. 3.55 LSD, K-N Cool-Air, SilBlades,
10w-30 MOBIL 1, 180 T'STAT, GIBSON 3" single side swept cat-back, G-TECH,
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