Old Virginia Joe
Bronze Member
Hey, I need to ask you all a question. I set out today to put my new tstat in my '63 Ford 4000 4 cylinder, 172 cid. Been running hot EVERY time I used it since I got it last fall. Been watching the guage and quit when it gets to red. Have not used it much yet, because of that, obviously. Others told me the easiest thing to try is to switch the thermostat. If that dont fix it, maybe the water pump is shot. Bought a tstat this week, and when I opened the neck today, behind neck at the bottom of the upper hose, there was NO thermostat! That IS the right location, right? I thought to myself, if there is NO thermostat, then overheating would NOT be the result, would it? It would be slow to warm up, right, not overheating? I thought I would ask you first, before I put the stat in and seal it up. If I am correct, is the water pump now probably the true cause? And, is there ANY reason a person would deliberately set a tractor like this one up with NO thermostat? I am more and more pissed at this guy from Va Beach who sold me this POS.
Thanks.
Joe
Thanks.
Joe