- 1. Thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 08:35:03 -0500
- I have a thermostat question. Moss has two types of thermostats listed for the TR4. The original sleeved type and the reproduction (unsleeved type). The cost difference is significant (nearly $40 ver
- /html/triumphs/2004-07/msg00532.html (6,810 bytes)
- 2. RE: Thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 07:08:52 -0700
- I have had direct, back-to-back experience with both, on an engine with overheating problems. I found no difference whatsoever except for the temperature the thermostat opened. Put the NOS Smith's t
- /html/triumphs/2004-07/msg00533.html (7,553 bytes)
- 3. Re: Thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:32:24 -0500
- type). make Kurtis J. Randall and I have tended to agree to disagree on the value of the sleeved thermostat but prior to installing a sleeved version in my 4A it was virtually impossible to drive on
- /html/triumphs/2004-07/msg00539.html (7,749 bytes)
- 4. Re: Thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:39:10 -0500
- standard Interesting... Mine certainly doesn't peg the temperature needle on the interstate, but it does run significantly warmer at interstate speeds. In fact, I notice a significant difference bet
- /html/triumphs/2004-07/msg00540.html (7,691 bytes)
- 5. Re: Thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 11:49:26 -0700
- For that matter, you could probably do it WITH a nickel. In my case it is a 1" piece of broomstick with a hole drilled thru. Geo Hahn 59 TR3A 64 TR4 Mt Lemmon, AZ
- /html/triumphs/2004-07/msg00555.html (7,037 bytes)
- 6. Thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 13:30:05 -0400
- A question on thermostats. I've just opened up the housing on my 3A, and naturally after all these years the thermostat is done. I did order one in, but it's of the much shorter variety, and so I gue
- /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00184.html (6,837 bytes)
- 7. Re: Thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 17:48:43 -0400
- Moss has 'em - for about $30! It's identical to the one I found at Auto Zone (same part number) for $4-5, but they've soldered on the brass sleeve. Brass is really expensive, I guess! (Sorry, but I c
- /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00199.html (7,225 bytes)
- 8. Re: Thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 16:50:39 -0500
- Dear Mike, I have just ordered from XK's Unlimited what is supposed to be a replica of the sleeved Smith's thermostat originally supplied with your TR-3 (and my TR-4). I have not yet received the ite
- /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00200.html (6,874 bytes)
- 9. Re: Thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:04:50 -0400
- Message text written by "Michael Ferguson" Zone (same part number) for $4-5, but they've soldered on the brass sleeve. Brass is really expensive, I guess!< Hey! Those guys at Moss have British cars,
- /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00213.html (7,089 bytes)
- 10. Re: Thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 22:23:52 -0400
- Can't recall the manufacturer of the AutoZone thermostat, but they were on the display rack on the floor (didn't have to try to get someone to go looking through their inventory - yeah, right!). Anyw
- /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00217.html (7,395 bytes)
- 11. RE: Thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 19:42:39 -0700
- 330-160 is the 160 degree version of the Robertshaw 'high-flow' thermostat that fits the TR2-4, as well as many other cars. It has an outer ring that makes it easy to solder the brass sleeve on. It's
- /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00218.html (7,651 bytes)
- 12. thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:04:53 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
- If anyone wants a new, skirted thermostat for TR3/4, I have an extra one for sale at $25 including shipping within USA. Ed Woods
- /html/triumphs/1998-10/msg01210.html (6,078 bytes)
- 13. Re: thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 20:38:52 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
- Mike and List, Sorry, it's gone.
- /html/triumphs/1998-10/msg01222.html (6,750 bytes)
- 14. Re: thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 02:04:44 -0400
- Oh you can't be serious. Hasn't this one been debunked enough times to finally kill it, at least on a proper list like this? Or are you joking? At any rate, this is just bunk. On a more serious note,
- /html/triumphs/1997-07/msg00001.html (9,185 bytes)
- 15. Re: thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 07:11:05 -0400
- Mike, I don't mean to pick on you: ...but this falicy has been posted here too many times. One more time, please people, repeat after me: EVEN THOUGH THE COOLANT RUNS THROUGH THE RADIATOR QUICKER, IT
- /html/triumphs/1997-07/msg00002.html (8,005 bytes)
- 16. Re: thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: 01 Jul 1997 07:32:34 -0400
- Dear Norhtern Virginia, Yes, there is a thermostat...(ooops, wrong message)... My Spit temp guage ran just at the third temp bar, but short of hot, during the ninety degree days of last week here in
- /html/triumphs/1997-07/msg00005.html (10,110 bytes)
- 17. RE: thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 08:12:49 -0600
- I see you have a '79 Spitfire, like mine. Which means you have a controlled fan switch, which is what I have. I took out the old one (was broken anyway), and replaced it with a cooler switch. In othe
- /html/triumphs/1997-07/msg00015.html (8,194 bytes)
- 18. Re: thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 18:54:50 -0400
- Having recently had some overheating problems with my TR8, I experimented leaving out the thermostat. Other than taking longer to warm up, the temp gauge reads exactly the same as with a thermostat.
- /html/triumphs/1997-07/msg00042.html (8,281 bytes)
- 19. Re: thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 20:00:34 -0400
- I shant flagilate you on this, as others already have. <g> Think of this, in the stinking hot summer days, do you put cardboard in front of the radiator to prevent the air from flowing through the r
- /html/triumphs/1997-07/msg00045.html (8,467 bytes)
- 20. Re: thermostat (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 17:12:52 -0500 (EST)
- I can't imagine it gets much hotter in Virginia than in southern Indiana. Since I replaced the old thermostat shortly after buying the car a few years ago, I've never had the temperature gauge go mor
- /html/triumphs/1997-07/msg00047.html (9,698 bytes)
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