Someone mentioned that 212F is not overheating, and asked if it dropped
to 190 when I slowed to 40-60 mph. It does drop, and I worry about the
212 when it is only 81F outside. Here is AZ, it gets hotter than that.
I already had it boil over while climbing a grade on the Interstate. My
Dad's old 67 B never climbed about 190, even on a 120 degree day in Okalhoma.
The temperature gauge is good, for a capilary tube unit, anyway. I put
it in a pot of boiling water with a lab thermometer to check it. The
sender is integral to it - not a separate sender like the electric ones
on later cars.
Current suspect is distributor advance curve.
James Howard
Flagstaff, AZ
|