Hey Roger, you can always block off the radiator opening with cardboard and
tape until you achieve the desired result.

When in a similar situation, I blocked off the bottom grille completely and
that put the temp needle almost straight up and down.

Good luck!

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 7:19 AM, 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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