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Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle

To: Gordon Groves <ggroves100@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle
From: Grant Galbraith <trks@javanet.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 10:49:17 -0400
Rebuilt engine, recored radiator, new water pump and 160 thermostat. I
dosen't boil over but starts to peg the gage. I have so far managed to shut
it down before it boils over.

Gordon Groves wrote:

> I would check your cooling system before you go too far with re
> engineering the fan , I also have a '56 235 in my '51 1/2 ton and even
> in sunny Tucson AZ it doesn't overheat , even with air temps over 100
> deg. It gets hot all right and even after parking for a few hours it
> will still be 180 deg. at start up but I haven't had any boiling or
> anything like that . Just a thought.
>
> Gordon Groves
> '51 chevy half ton
> '54 IHC Travelall
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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