Re: [Amc-list] Shroud for 70 Javelin?

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How many miles are on it?
Take on a long highway cruise broken up wiht frequent stops or offramps and short jaunts thru towns and break it in good if it is low mileage.
I had a 196.5 that acted this way till I broke it in good.


--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

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From: "Chris Peters" <cpeters1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Hello All,
> 
>  
> 
> I had my 70 304 rebuilt for my Javelin a few years ago, and have finally
> gotten around to driving it some.  
> 
> It seems to overheat at idle.  Radiator was cleaned professionally.
> Thermostat is new.  Water pump is old 
> 
> but does not leak.  My car had no AC, and never had a shroud (at least when
> I got it in 1982).  It never had 
> 
> a heating problem before the rebuild, and I drove the car hard in hot
> Florida for years.  If I run on the highway, 
> 
> it seems to keep a steady temp.  When I come off it seems to immediately
> start to heat up.  If I idle for a 
> 
> prolonged time it will keep getting hotter.  It has never seriously boiled
> over, but does pee some out after 
> 
> I stop, and one time with some slower driving it did pee enough out that I
> had to add water (it was below the tubes).  
> 
>  
> 
> The guy who built the engine feels there is nothing that was done to the
> engine to cause heating, especially 
> 
> on a 304.  He is recommending I add a shroud.  He says I need to get a
> matched shroud, fan and spacer.  
> 
> And I thought finding a shroud would be hard, now I have to find all three
> pieces.   Of course I could get a 
> 
> new radiator, a new thermostat and a new water pump first.  
> 
>  
> 
> Anyone have any recommendations on where to start???
> 
>  
> 
> Chris Peters
> 
> http://www.thepetersgarage.com
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