dear thermostat people

yes thermostat is not hard to obtain ... but i am dealing with a parts store
that inssits the one he gave is correct
clearly it is not ...
i even went back with calipers to show differences but he says it is what
the paper book and the computer says to put in
i am not into wasting my day arguing with a guy i need other parts from ...

i can likely get p[roper part three or four hours north of here
but may have to wait til i get home
yours

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 7:47 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> Thermostat is not a hard to obtain item, and is not that hard to put in (or
> to get put in).  I would do that, rather than drive the vehicle that far
> without proper temperature control.  That said, if ambient temperatures
> generally run well above freezing, I can't see any terrible harm.  After
> all, most of the time you will be driving with the engine warmed and
> operating, not starting it up from cold a great many times.  I just would
> not want to do it.  I have even been advised that an 80 C rather than 87 C
> thermostat is quite undesirable (though they are readily available).
>
> DMc
>
> ---- Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > dear fellow vanagoners
> >
> > i am in a position where i am making a 20 hour drive with out the
> thermostat
> > in place on a 1984 vanagon
> > with a 2.1 digifant replacement engine (2005) with less than 1000 miles
> on
> > it ...
> >
> > benny boy says the thermostat is crucial to proper performance of
> injector
> > system
> > then he writes about living in very cold quebec ...
> >
> > i am in the very pleasant northwest ...
> >
> > i will of course replace thermostat with proper item once back home
> >
> > will 20 hour drive cause problems ...
> > what about a four hour drive to get parts then ???
> > yours
> >
> >
> > --
> > roger w
> > From Proverbs:
> > Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
> > servant who becomes king ...
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--
roger w
From Proverbs:
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servant who becomes king ...
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