Re: [AMC-list] Phew! That's a relief (sweet smell, dry plugs)

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

Tom,

I think the 196 water outlets are being reproduced now. May want to 
check out Galvin's.

Matt

On 6/11/2009 10:17 PM, tom jennings spouted this sage advice:
> > On 6/11/2009 10:14 AM, Armand Eshleman spouted this sage advice:
> >
> >  I couldn't find a "good" cap such as high quality Stant or a Gates. Gates
> > > sold that part of its business and the only Stant I could find was a made
> > > in
> > > china one with the stant name on it.
>
>
> I've had no problem at all with aftermarket caps I get from NAPA, lucky for
> me! My newest is two years old. I run 14 lbs in all cars (mostly because I
> never thought about it).
>
> The leaks in my 195.6OHV are because the thermostat neck is thoroughly
> rotten and won't seal. Over the last few weeks I did the electrolytic rust
> removal thing on a spare, it came out really great. I'll post pics "soon".
>
> "Great" means all the rust gone inside and out. THe part is almost unusable
> from corrosion though. I know it's mostly late-in-life lack of maintenance
> but there's obvious heavy electrolytic corrosion around the brass
> thermostat. I didn't think brass-to-iron would do that much harm. The wear
> is bad enough I will have to put a bead of weld along the bottom and file it
> flat.
>
> I really should fabricate a new one from scratch and adapt modern
> thermostats at the same time. It's not that hard!
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