[FC] thermostat damper door

[robert wilson]

Jim;

Are you sure that the right (passenger) thermostat actually opened?

Maybe the left thermostat opened but the right one didn't get hot enough to
open in 15 minutes.

I'm having a problem where the right door on my '63 Monza doesn't open even
after driving 25 miles (some at highway speeds) to work, which causes my
temp light to flicker.  I passed a propane torch over the thermostat and it
does seem to expand off of the car.

I have heard that the right thermostat takes longer to open.

Scott Wilson

'63 Rampside
'63 Monza Convertible
Lakewood (hope to own/restore one if I can find a decent one)





-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Forgey <jforgey4 at yahoo.com>
To: corvanatics at corvair.org <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Date: Friday, March 18, 2005 5:41 PM
Subject: [FC] thermostat damper door


>Hey Everybody,
>
>Happy almost spring.
>
>Just had the Brier out for a little spin since it was
>a nice day, about 45 degrees. Drove around for just
>about 15 minutes and stopped to get some gas, I
>noticed that the right thermostat damper door had
>closed but the left was still open. It did not shut at
>all during this brief run...
>any suggestions? Looked it up in the Corvair Basics
>book and they said a permanently open damper door is a
>sign of a bad thermostat.
>
>
>Jim Forgey
>
>
>
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