Ray J.

I finally quit agonizing over the t-stat and installed it. Today I wired my old distributor to the HEI module and will test later this week. Also had some exhaust pipe made up and will install it tomorrow. Working on getting it ready to fire up. Ray j.

Thanks for the reply. My book shows the same as Mr. Neal's post. Ray j.

T-STAT question. Am I assuming correctly that the rubber goes in the housing groove, t-stst sits on it and gasket goes between bottom of t-stat and head? see pictures. Manifolds are installed and pattern made from exhaust outlet to where I want muffler to set. Off to exhaust shop tomorrow. Ray J.

Took it easy today and made patch panels for the cab and bed. Yhe big rusty one is a bed patch to cover where he put a diesel stack and the one above it is to close off the ball hitch in the bed. Above that are cab patches. Ray J.

It is a Motorad 400580. The brass adapter is way to big to pound in. I think I will use the old one and drill a few holes in it until I can find a NOS t-stat.I took a tumble the other day. I don't bounce on concrete or recoup as fast anymore. Ray J.

Well thermostat is still a problem. The pictures tell the story of the brass sleeve being too big to go into the housing. The old one seems to fit but is not as shown in parts book. It has no bypass slots. I could carefully drill some bypass holes. It does have the small hole with the jiggle thing (tech term). Ray J.

Thanks Mr. Neal. I will assemble today now that it males sence. Ray J.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. I have the external housing. You can see it in the picture.. Ray J.

I need an original style thermostat. I have purchased two and cannot figure out how to install either without excess space which will not seal the thermostat and would let it float around inside the housing. Any insight is appreciated. Well I spent two 5 hour days trying to get the pilot bushing out without success. Found out that the new slant 6 dizzy i converted is not long enough to reach the oil pump drive. luckily I bought a used dizzy to do the conversion. Seems the 25" block dizzy is longer than the used Dodge dizzy I purchased. I have converted my original dizzy to trigger a HEI module that triggers the Flamethrower 3 coil. Did manage to get the bottom back of the cab welded in plus the inside piece. One more long piece will complete that repair, then on to the one piece of the floor that I need to make and weld in.

Some progress. Getting ready to start working on the dog house.

47 1/2 ton. If your truck is set up for bypass and you have a 3 to 4 pound radiator cap I would not think that would make a freeze plug leak My freeze plugs looked good from the outside but everyone was almost rusted thru. I am on the disabled list so probably no work until next week. At 81 years old it takes a lot longer for bumps, sprains and bruises to heal up. Ray J.

I had the same part #'s you listed. Thanks for the reply. I intend to install it tomorrow. Ray J.

I am using a Motorad 400580. I am also curious as to what others have used successfully. Ray J.

Thermostat question. Will what is shown in the picture work ? Does not look like what the manual shows. Thanks Ray J.

Yesterday I finished up the flywheel install and cut off the end of the frame. Probably will have to cut off a little more to get the bumper to fit. Drill got caught while drilling a large hole and cranked my thumb around pretty good. Taking it easy today. Ray J.