[DeTomaso] Recap... Asa's adventure in Pantera fluid dynamics

[asajay at asajay.com]

In the Robertshaw stat, I drilled three holes of about 1/8"  (I'm not  
home so I can't reference the exact size.

The Stant stat has one 3/16" hole in it.

Asa Jay

Quoting Tomas Gunnarsson <guson at home.se>:

> What size is the hole?
>
> Tomas
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>> I have a hole drilled in the thermostat so that it does -not- trap air.
>>
>> Asa Jay
>>
>> Quoting Art Stephens <artstephens at verizon.net>:
>>
>>> Asa Jay,
>>> I was just thinking that if the thermostat is not immersed in water,  it is
>>> not going to open even though the engine is getting hot,  which would mean
>>> that the system still had air in it?  It seems like I have been down this
>>> path before?  I liked what Jack was saying about filling it in   
>>> several steps
>>> and shutting down before it gets too hot.
>>>
>>> Art
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com>
>>> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 7:15 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Recap... Asa's adventure in Pantera fluid dynamics
>>>
>>>
>>>> Geeez, always pointing me to that guy running the club store.
>>>>
>>>> Well, if the Pantera holds 6½ gallons of coolant, and my system was
>>>> completely dry, then I -definitely- had an air pocket.  My initial fill,
>>>> to the point the radiator was full (coming out the bleed at the top) and
>>>> the swirl tank was full, was three gallons.  I thought this was short,
>>>> but could not get any more in.  The thermostat had a bleed hole as well,
>>>> so I figured I need to run it an push some air out.  However, I now
>>>> believe I introduced a big air lock in it somewhere, possibly at or near
>>>> the pump and almost definitely in the engine.
>>>>
>>>> Now that I've added coolant and manually turned the pump with the heater
>>>> hose off, I have been able to tell when the impeller was saturated with
>>>> coolant.  Now it's back to putting the thermostat housing on and
>>>> attempting to bleed the system again.  This time, paying more attention
>>>> to what's going on, rather than the excitement of just having the car
>>>> running after two years.
>>>>
>>>> There is probably a lesson in here about filling a dry Pantera with
>>>> coolant.
>>>>
>>>> Asa Jay
>>>>
>>>> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>>>>
>>>> & Shelley Marie
>>>> Spokane, WA
>>>>
>>>> 1971 Mach I Mustang  [ASA JAY]
>>>> 1973 Pantera L 5533  [ASASCAT]
>>>>
>>>> ******************************
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
>>>>> In a message dated 9/3/09 21 35 44, asajay at asajay.com writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> - How many gallons does a typical Pantera take?  (Entire system, engine,
>>>>>> pipes and radiator, all dry)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe that nugget of information can be found in the original owner's
>>>>> manual.   To get one of those, contact the POCA club store manager, Asa
>>>>> Jay
>>>>> Laughton, at asajay at asajay.com :>) :>) :>)
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike (on the road with no original manual at hand to reference--somehow
>>>>> it
>>>>> was left out of the digital version of 'the works'?)
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