Your thermostat is broken and you need a new one. It looks like TypeIV thermostats are pretty much NLA, though I've read that TypeI thermostats can be modified to work. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young '81 Vanagon Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia --------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Skip Emmert-Keaton" <skip@SKIPEMMERT.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 8:33 AM Subject: 1980 Thermostat
> Hey, Gang. > > I noticed the thermostat on my 1980 air-cooled Westy was fully expanded on a > cold engine. The ambient temperature was about 70 degrees. When the > thermostat is contracted (what I would think would be the normal cool state) > it closes the air ducts and lets the engine warm. Then the thermostat > expands and allows the ducts to open. At what temperature should a > thermostat contract/expand? Do I likely have a bad thermostat here? I'm > currently replacing the cooling tins after some engine work so I need to be > able to adjust the thermostat. The only directions I have are for a cool, > contracted thermostat. If my thermostat is OK, how do I adjust the > thermostat properly when it is expanded? Please cc my email address > directly with any thoughts. > > > Thanks for any suggestions, > Skip Emmert-Keaton |
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