Where to find a Thermostat Spring for a 1949 Plymouth Special Deluxe (P-18)

[perrymedik]

I was trying to reset the Thermostat Spring for the Manifold Heat Control today but once I got the assembly apart, it decided to disintegrate in my hands.  I’ve already placed a WANTED post, but was wondering if anyone knows where I could find one online? I’ve ‘Googled’ but with no luck.

Thanks!

 

Cory

[Don Coatney]

Does it look like this? The battery is for sizing.

 

[perrymedik]

Yes!

[Niel Hoback]

Where'd you get it, I need one too! And the weight!

[TodFitch]

Antique Auto Parts Cellar, also known as Then-and-Now Automotive carries the thermostatic springs.

[Niel Hoback]

Thanks!

[perrymedik]

Found a whole rebuild kit at Andy Bernbaum's plus a Manifold Hardware Kit to replace all my rusted out bolts!!  Thanks to all for the help!!

[Don Coatney]

Glad you found it. The spring I had is now headed to Hoback in Hobart.

[meadowbrook]

I also have the kit from Bernbaum but found that the spring in my kit is a plain spring, not thermostatic at all. Try applying a cigarette lighter to the spring you have, it should start to tighten the coil immediately. If it does not move, it is not the right one.

[Don Coatney]

My spring (actually Niel's spring) is in custody of the USPS

[Niel Hoback]

   Don, I thank you for thinking of me. I had been using the spring from a large thermometer with some success, but one day I heard a funny noise like I had run over something and noticed several days later that the weight and the spring were both gone. O well, the search goes on.

   I also appreciate your spelling my name correctly. I know its wrong, but I didn't have anything to do with it.

[Don Coatney]

I even corrected my spell checker just for your name.

[Niel Hoback]

You are a computer god.