Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 12:14:03 -0800
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From: jarnott@ednet1.osl.or.gov (Jim Arnott)
Subject: [mitch@geomag.gly.fsu.edu: Re: Thermostats]
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From: mitch@geomag.gly.fsu.edu (Mitch Covington)
To: jarnott@ednet1.osl.or.gov
Subject: Re: Thermostats
Date: Thu, 09 Nov
Jim Arnott writes:
<<snip.. As Charles (Boss) Kettering said, "Parts left out cost nothing
and have an infinite service life." If it wasn't necessary,
VW wouldn't have put it there. Over the life of the program,
no thermostat and associated hardware would have saved millions
of DM. .. snip>>
But one thing to consider here... You can't manufacture one engine for
this climate, another for that climate. You must create one engine that
will work in all climates, because you don't know where the car will end
up. You must provide for the worst of conditions in the factory.
I admit to be among the most ignorant of shade tree mechanics, and
realize that the thermostat SHOULD be there, wherever you live. But the
issue in my case, and maybe others, is that in my ignorance i put the
engine in the bus without one. I'm thinking Law of Diminishing Returns
here. Is the reduction of engine life here in the warm climate of
Florida going to be significant enough to warrant the time, trouble, and
expense of pulling the engine again, buying all of the proper thermostat
hardware, and figuring out how to install it? Remember, it wasn't there
to begin with, so even a cloudy idea of how it should look isn't in the
noggin. Can I compensate somehow, like keep it garaged in the winter,
until I need to pull it for another reason?
Sorry if I seem beligerent, but I _really_ don't want to pull this mother
out for a while!
Thank for any past and future input. We learn the hard way...:-|
Mitch
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* Mitch Covington *
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* Tallahassee, FL *
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+ "Parts left out cost nothing and have an infinite service life." +
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