From: Julian Burke (julian@knology.net)
Date: Sat Jul 17 2004 - 03:43:21 PDT
You sure can!! There is NO exotic thermostat here. You want a 185 degree
unit. Remember that it is a civilian at heart and over 55% of all its'
parts can be obtained from a Chevy dealer or parts store. Julian Burke
> Folks
> I put a used radiator into my M1009 CUCV. I went on A test drive today
and
> drove it about 5 miles and let it idle for about 20 minutes. I noticed
while
> checking my work that it seemed that the thermostat did not open. the
engine
> was not abnormally hot, but it seemed strange that nothing opened. The
> radiator came out of a Suburban and is about an inch thicker then the
CUCVs
> was. so IM sure it will keep it cooler. the reason I changed out the old
> radiator is that it was leaking tranny fluid into the radiator, what a
mess.
> IM hoping to run just water in it for a day or 2 and hopefully clean out
the
> block of all the nasty stuff from the leaky radiator.
> I guess that my question is, can you buy the thermostat at any parts
store?
> or is it some special Military design?
> Thanks in advance!
> Mark M-886 and M1009
>
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