[tcb] Re: running hot
- From: Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 12:53:40 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Does your wife know you're holding your dipstick?
;-)
-----Original Message-----
>From: Neil McGlothin <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Aug 2, 2006 12:14 PM
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] Re: running hot
>
>If'n it wuz me, I'd break 'er in on flatter roads than
>the road to Hot Springs!
>Get another couple hunnerd miles on the new motor
>goin' east on 30, then north on 430 and back a couple
>of times...
>My new 1641 was hotter than usual until I got about
>1,000 miles on her. I can run for hours now and still
>hold the dipstick (gingerly though).
>
>--- Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> after doing that, you think it will be good to go on
>> my daily commute on
>> friday 30 miles one way in the hills?
>>
>>
>> >From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >Subject: [tcb] Re: running hot
>> >Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 08:31:54 -0700 (PDT)
>> >
>> >Run the valves and change the dizzy. may just need
>> to break in some more.
>> >
>> >Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> man it has the triangle
>> >peice and the little duct thingy that blows the hot
>> >air outside the engine compartment. all the tin is
>> there i made sure of it
>> >and compared 3 times with the book. even a couple
>> of peices folks said i
>> >didn't need are in that booger.
>> >
>> >
>> > >From: Mark Sawyer
>> > >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > >Subject: [tcb] Re: running hot
>> > >Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 08:13:11 -0700 (PDT)
>> > >
>> > >The dizzy being 180 out will cause it to run
>> hotter. what type of
>> >doghouse
>> > >are you running. If your running an offset
>> cooler, did you get the cooler
>> > >exhaust thru the sheet metal or is it blowing
>> ontop of the #3 cylinder
>> >tin?
>> > >
>> > >Brian Denning wrote: also it seemed to of
>> > >started when i put the correct peice of tin on
>> the rear
>> > >of the motor and put thehose that goes from the
>> oil bath filter down to
>> >by
>> > >the heat exchanger. could hot air comming in from
>> that hose cause it to
>> >run
>> > >hotter? like a detonation kinda thing?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > >From: Mark Sawyer
>> > > >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > >Subject: [tcb] Re: running hot
>> > > >Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 07:44:42 -0700 (PDT)
>> > > >
>> > > >I agree, I would check the timing more than
>> anything. Also check to
>> >make
>> > > >sure a cleaning rag didn't get sucked into the
>> fan. I have never heard
>> >of
>> > > >having the windows open having anything to do
>> with engine temp. Did you
>> > >get
>> > > >the distributor and distributor drive installed
>> correctly?
>> > > >
>> > > >wuzmop@xxxxxxx wrote: I ride with my jalousies
>> open all the time, in
>> > > >rush hour even. No problem here. That bus with
>> a new motor should do 65
>> > >all
>> > > >day long.
>> > > >
>> > > > I suggest a tuning problem, assuming all your
>> tin is there. Adjust
>> >your
>> > > >valves, check your timing, points, etc.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >-----Original Message-----
>> > > >From: i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > >Sent: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 9:28 AM
>> > > >Subject: [tcb] Re: running hot
>> > > >
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>> around the motor is
>> > > >new.
>> > > >
>> > > > >From: "Brian Denning"
>> > > > >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > > >Subject: [tcb] running hot
>> > > > >Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:23:58 -0500
>> > > > >
>> > > > >so i put my tires on yesterday. took hershey
>> out for a test
>> >drive...man
>> > > >the >8 ply's make a world of difference. got it
>> up to 65 hard to
>> >maintain
>> > > > >though(need to run the valves).
>> > > > >
>> > > > >question though. the bus was running hot,
>> like i couldn't touch the
>> > > > >dipstick kinda hot. here is the theory could
>> me having the jalousie
>> > > >windows >open driving down the interstate cause
>> it to get hot? i have
>> > >heard
>> > > >this >before. all the cool air goes into the
>> bus instead of into the
>> > >engine
>> > > > >compartment. oh not to mention that it was 98
>> degrees outside with a
>> > >heat
>> > > > >index of 104. but, could closing the jalousie
>> windows help it get
>> >more
>> > > >cool >air?
>> > > > >
>> > > >
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