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Subject:Re: 1980 Thermostat
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:08:02 -0400
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Skip Emmert-Keaton wrote:

> I noticed the thermostat on my 1980 air-cooled Westy was fully expanded on a
> cold engine.  The ambient temperature was about 70 degrees.

Your thermostat is bad.  When they fail, they fail in the fully-expanded
position.