First, You can check at what tempature the thermostat
is opening. Simply put in a pan of water on the stove
with a thermometer and watch for it to open. I use a
190 and at anything less than about 80, it runs at
less than half on the temp guage. Are you sure that
the temp guage is running through the "voltage
stabalizer" that is located on the rear of the Speedo.
The wire is a medium green. Sometimes this is
bypassed by the po and the guage reads at a percentage
of 12 volts instead of 10 volts making the temp read
about 20% too high. The gas guage is supposed to be
on the same circuit. When my spit overheated once, I
could tell by the smell. Nothing burning, but some of
that oil that is spilled around in the cracks got hot
and it smelled that way.
Chris DeStaffany
Friday Harbor, Wa
1975 Spit getting
--- SMatson802@aol.com wrote:
>
> I have a ''71 spitfire that tends to run very close
> to the top of the
> temperature range. It goes right up almost to the
> top, but does not get into
> the danger zone in any circumstance to date. I am
> wondering if I just have a
> thermostat that is operating at the very high end of
> the range. I think that
> it is a 190deg. Would that put it at the high end
> of the gauge?
> As always, I am expecting a variety of interesting,
> amusing, and enlightened
> replies.
> Steve M
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