Re: 180 deg. thermostat WAS:Re: tail light covers

From: Jon Steiger (stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 20 1998 - 17:43:25 EST


At 04:12 PM 3/20/98 -0600, you wrote:
>dakota1994@juno.com wrote:
>> oh yea and does anyone know if i can put a 180 thermostat on my v6???
>> i've been reading about it and want to do it.....
>>
>
>I'm not sure about the v6, maybe someone else can help you. But i would
>like to congratulate Jon on one HELL of a good write up on installing a

   Awww shucks... Thanks Mike! :-)

>180 degree thermostat in the maintenance and upgrades section on the DML
>page. If you guys haven't checked it out yet do so. It takes a while
>to read through it (it's big) and he has a bunch of photos of the job.

  Probably too big. :-) I'll have to watch that in the future...

>After reading it you'll probably want to change your thermostat if you
>haven't done so already. I changed mine months ago, but Jon went into
>so much more detail than I could have imagined. Some of the things he
>brought up like draining the engine block never crossed my mind. I see
>now why I should have a FSM.....
>--

  Yep, the FSM is an excellent investment! :-)

   Incidentally, I'm planning to do this for all of the mods that I make.
(I wish I had done it for my open element air cleaner, but it didn't occur
to me at the time.) Its one thing to talk about the mods, but I think
it really helps to see pictures, and sort of get a virtual "walk through".

                                              -Jon-

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