<VV> Thermostat problem

[J R Read_HML]

Try putting them in an oven.

PS, I've NEVER heard of these before.  If that is what you find - get rid of
them and get the REAL ones.

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Later, JR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerald Beeler" <gbeeler@beelerspace.com>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 9:33 PM
Subject: <VV> Thermostat problem


> I have thermostat bellows problem .   I just bought the car and the former
> owner had the jammed the exhaust duct dampers  open with pieces of wood.
I
> removed the wood pieces and drove car for twenty minutes and the exhaust
> duct dampers  did not open.   I had heard that there were aftermarket
> bellows that fail in closed position.   So I removed bottom shrouds and
> tested bellows in boiling water and  they did not move.     What
temperature
> should they expand at?
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