re: 4 row radiators

[<eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Matt for the great thoughtful and informative reply. Something I 
didn't mention is that for those cars I run no thermostat, and electric fans 
and pure anti freeze, I also have 7 blade flex fans. One thing you mention 
was a clogged cat. Someone on this amc-list helped me with that problem in 
the late 1990s on the old black Pacer custom woodie wagon I had, as is 
huffed and puffed and always seemed to run hot. Simple 258, AT, fan shroud, 
even used a thermostat(!) and 50/50 mix anti freeze/spring water. It was not 
until I mentioned that the exhausts pipe directly below the exhausts 
manifold was glowing orange that someone mentioned it was a clogged catylic 
converter. Took it around the corner a few days later and got a good 
Vietnamese cat converter put on by my rude Iranian buddies at Abadan (which 
also would inspect a go kart for a box of Church's or Popeye's chicken 
w/fixins) and the car ran like never before, it even smoothed out the 'chug 
chug' effect it had for years. So thanks for that whoever it was here.

For some reason I have always thought that most 60's AMCs however used 
140-160 degree thermostats, chances are wrong, but again, have not bougth 
one, nor used one for a long time. Not sure where I got that, possibly from 
whatever the parts people used to sell me or look up and I would blindly pay 
for.

Speaking of overheating, I had a Ambassador 68 that ran and drove great at 
low speeds. But at 60-70 it would blow coolant all over engine and usually 
die after everything was soaked. Problem was the radiator looked new, even 
inside, but after pulling it out weighed something like 50+ pounds, was so 
clogged even my radiator man suggested chunking it. Got a used radiator at 
pick a part for $24, reversed the mounts and installed it, Ambo ran great at 
all speeds and no overfolw problems ever again.

Yup, cooling systems sometimes tend to be ignored. For another thread 
another day, could talk about batteries during summer months and how many I 
have lost when they dry out!
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com