<VV> Thermostat problem

[J R Read_HML]

Don't know for certain what temp - but think around 250, which would be
higher than boiling water.

20 mins of driving may not have been enough - especially if a cool day.

Perhaps the adjusters were just too tight.  They should be set so that doors
are firmly closed when cold (so they don't rattle), but not so tight that
they would be pulling strongly on or expanding the bellows.

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Later, JR
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
'66 beater Coupe - icemobile 4/140

----- 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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