Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Overheating problem

Somethign you might check out is the thermostat. Not sure what part of the country you are in, but I run all my AMCs without a thermostat and have since the 1980s. Old wives tale it will warp heads, cause global warming, seeing ufo's and other whatnot. Some of my cars here have 150K on them like that. As for a three core, that is also highly suggested, but small electric fans also work well, mostly I use the ones off Hyundais in salvage yards, about $4 each. It's not a band aid on the problem either, they are meant to bring temp down. And that they do. Sitting in Houston traffic on I-10 (it is supposed to be 99 degrees today, ground temp hits about 140 degrees) the temp gauge can EASILY climb above 200 degrees. But I simply flip on the switch and watch it drop to a more comfortable 160-170. I also run straight (not gay) anti freeze in my radiators, that's right, no water. All my cars have original 7 blade flex fans also, except the Eagles. Hope some of that helps, but if you experiment some you will find problem, it could be anything from sticking thermostat, to plugged up radiator, to plugged up water holes in block/head. One car here that was constantly running above operating temperature was a Hornet, with 258-6. I could never figure it out until one day decided to pull out the radiator. It looked great from outside, even inside. But when I went to bring it out of the vehicle damned thing was very heavy. The problem? It was chock full of crap, so I used it for scrap, put in a pick a part radiator I bought for $24, and never had a problem again, but I never suspected the radiator as it looked NEW nice black paint, look inside no crud, allt he crud was in the bottom of the radiator.