First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Q: Why do most of us have this issue? I have always been perplexed by that because... I don't and never have in 40 years of driving mine. I have used original or stock replacement on everything on my 400HO and have overheated only once, in the early 1970s when I got a stuck thermostat. I have used the original and now YearOne OEM-style repro radiator. Stock 15lb cap with only the stock puke hose which stays dry. Run stock 9 degrees before TDC timing. Have all original (or Tech bulletin recommended) vacuum connections. Stock replacement water pump. 50/50 coolant Stock hoses, heater core, and even have AC. I have all the 400/AC baffles and fillers but did run without the lower dam/baffle for many years but now have it for originality. I don't have guages but the stock sender for the idiot light. (Once I got an overheat indication and the original sender had failed.) Have driven 178,000 miles in -30 winter to 100+ degree summer weather, at high speeds on interstates and stopped for long perids in Chicago-area traffic jambs, through mountain ranges and to the top of Pike's Peak with no problem. I don't get it. Jim '68 400HO Convert ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html>
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