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where can I find a good thermostat ? [message #145712] Thu, 06 October 2011 11:57 Go to next message
RickOH is currently offline  RickOH   United States
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I've replace the thermostat in the 403 at least a dozen times in the last four years .I like to use a 190 stat and my temp guage runs about midway when the thng is working but they stick open usually in less than 1000 mi. Have tried Auto Zone- NAPA - Advance and GM but all do the same thing . Cold weather is comin and I 'll need some heat !

Rick Little
Coshocton OH
78 Royale
Re: [GMCnet] where can I find a good thermostat ? [message #145715 is a reply to message #145712] Thu, 06 October 2011 12:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dwayne is currently offline  Dwayne   United States
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Thermostat and Cold Weather coming reminds me of a story About " Being
Connected to the Source"
A trapper from the far north came down to visit us a few weeks ago. We took
him for a ride in our coach. As evening came you could feel the chill due
to the cool damp outside. I went over to the thermostat and moved the
dial. Almost instantly the fan started to blow and very soon hot air warmed
the coach. This guy got so excited he wanted to know where he could get the
gadget on the wall (thermostat). I told him Home Depot. He did pick up a
thermostat and headed back up to his Log Cabin in the far north. When he
got home he gathered his family in the living room and showed them the
thermostat he had just nailed on the wall. 'Watch this" he says as he moves
the dial.
Moral of the story - is you have to be connected to the Source!

We are off to Harrison Hot Springs for a weekend in our Kingsley to
Celebrate my wife's Birthday.
Her choice to stay in the coach rather than the Hot Springs Hotel. We walk
over and have Dinner and dance in the Copper Room then back to the coach to
smooch!

Best regards
Dwayne Jacobson
White Rock
77 Eleganza II
77 Kingsley

I've replace the thermostat in the
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Re: where can I find a good thermostat ? [message #145717 is a reply to message #145712] Thu, 06 October 2011 12:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
carguy is currently offline  carguy   United States
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I think Rick is referring to the thermostat in the engine. I can't imagine what would be causing so many thermostat failures.

Bill Brown - '77 Buckeye Cruiser
Coshocton OH
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Re: where can I find a good thermostat ? [message #145723 is a reply to message #145717] Thu, 06 October 2011 13:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Wow,
Jim K sells the Robt Shaw therms.
Dan


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Re: [GMCnet] where can I find a good thermostat ? [message #145724 is a reply to message #145715] Thu, 06 October 2011 13:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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thanks for the cute story Dwayne but I dont get the connection (pun intended) Rick
Re: [GMCnet] where can I find a good thermostat ? [message #145727 is a reply to message #145724] Thu, 06 October 2011 13:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dwayne is currently offline  Dwayne   United States
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West coast Canadian Red Neck humor!
Dwayne

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Re: [GMCnet] where can I find a good thermostat ? [message #145730 is a reply to message #145712] Thu, 06 October 2011 14:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'd take a look at the block casting and the outlet casting and see if maybe one or the other isn't warped or misshapen such that when you torque down on the casting, the 'stat gets warped.  If I put two in in four years in anything, I'd go looking for the failure mode.
 
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I've replace the thermostat in the 403 at least a dozen times in the last four years .I like to use a 190 stat and my temp guage runs about midway when the thng is working but they stick open usually in less than 1000 mi. Have tried Auto Zone- NAPA - Advance and GM but all do the same thing .  Cold weather is comin and I 'll need some heat !

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Coshocton OH
78 Royale
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Re: [GMCnet] where can I find a good thermostat ? [message #145765 is a reply to message #145712] Thu, 06 October 2011 21:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Rick,

Here you go:

http://www.appliedgmc.com/prod.itml/icOid/582

Regards,
Rob M.

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I've replace the thermostat in the 403 at least a dozen times in the last four years .I like to use a 190 stat and my temp guage
runs about midway when the thng is working but they stick open usually in less than 1000 mi. Have tried Auto Zone- NAPA - Advance
and GM but all do the same thing . Cold weather is comin and I 'll need some heat !

Rick

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Re: [GMCnet] where can I find a good thermostat ? [message #145782 is a reply to message #145724] Fri, 07 October 2011 00:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Dan Gregg knows that we carry the correct Robert Shaw unit as he sees
the customers at International blowing our unit to see that it is
sealed when cold.



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Re: where can I find a good thermostat ? [message #145789 is a reply to message #145712] Fri, 07 October 2011 04:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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RickOH wrote on Thu, 06 October 2011 11:57

I've replace the thermostat in the 403 at least a dozen times in the last four years .I like to use a 190 stat and my temp guage runs about midway when the thng is working but they stick open usually in less than 1000 mi. Have tried Auto Zone- NAPA - Advance and GM but all do the same thing . Cold weather is comin and I 'll need some heat !

Rick Little
Coshocton OH
78 Royale

Call Jim K. He has the good Robert Shaw ones in 180 and 195


Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
Re: [GMCnet] where can I find a good thermostat ? [message #146037 is a reply to message #145727] Mon, 10 October 2011 01:14 Go to previous message
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Another West Coast story. Woodcutter, exhausted after using a human powered
crosscut saw, was told by a friend that he needed a chain saw. Convinced
that he should, the woodcutter bought a chain saw. Several days pass, and
the woodcutter brings the saw back to where he bought it, and complained
that he was unable to even match his output with the crosscut. The shop
operator fueled the saw, yanked the starter rope, and the saw roared to
life. "What's that sound? queried the woodcutter. (Insert what
ever nationality you choose here) <Grin>
Jim Hupy (long time chain saw mechanic)
Salem, OR
78 GMC Royale 403

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Dwayne Jacobson
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> West coast Canadian Red Neck humor!
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