[tcb] Re: running hot

  • From: Neil McGlothin <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 11:02:51 -0700 (PDT)

Hell, it wuz HER idea!  :(

--- Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
> 
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