Been away for a few days. Reading back. Went through a SFV-35Q for the garage as well, felt like tinkering. Free 11/22 model. Only thing wrong with it was 1 of the gas solenoids were bad....she wouldn't fire. Needs two working solenoids @ 40 ohms to fire. $13 later, it'll roast you out of here. Hard to find parts for that thing for some reason.

 

Have a good day fellas!

 

It's been pretty cold here as well.... at least too cold to do anything productive. I revved up the garage furnace again last night to transfer the sensors on that transfer case motor harness.

I wasn't too impressed. I had to drill 1/8" holes for the wires on the plug dust cover.

 

​​​​​Your 9° matches mine this morning, Brew, but it was calm with low humidity, so not that bad.

I actually hit the elliptical this AM. I went back to the beginning of a series a couple weeks ago, and jumped back in today on workout #3. Got done and thought, "That was pretty tough.". That's because it was W/O #7 of 10 instead.

 

 

So im pretty sure that i have a frozen thermostat. I have my SCT plugged in so i can monitor temp voltage ect and noticed that even when it is warm out, it barely gets over 170'. It runs at about 165 on average. I know that the stock thermostat is 190. I am going to be replacing it this weekend, but as usual, just wanted to ask if there are any surprises or is it straight forward? Also, what would the negatives be if i have been driving around with it like this if any?

 

Pretty straightforward. Take advantage of this opportunity to flush and fill the coolant if necessary. Either way, be sure to burp the system. Parking uphill can help with that.

EDIT: Also, put the bleed hole (or notch if using a Stant SuperStat) to the 12-o' clock position when installing.

If you've been driving with a stuck-open t-stat, the truck was likely running rich which will affect mileage and over time can cause carbon deposits on plugs. In extreme cases, it can be hard on the cats.

 

Thanks Ohio, luckily my driveway is uphill. it actually looks like new in the overflow so i dont think a flush is needed, but overall look of the coolant coming out will determine that.

 

You won't need to drain much, and you can pick up a tester for a few bucks to test the protection. level.

 

Dang Ohio, what are freezing in the middle there....essence of prune dust ?

Still have this one in the Amazon saves, -


It's been there for 5 years or so lol. I think folks complained about them giving out or just not being accurate... Think it was the sensors varying in accuracy or something. Why I never pulled the trigger from what I recall. Seems like the price went down though...thought they were over 100, could be wrong.

Weather station would cool as well. See what I did there ?