[DeTomaso] please look at this pic of a water pump and tell me if it has a bypass hole

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/14/13 19 26 37, asajay at asajay.com writes:


> After 30 years... this is exactly what Tommy should already know.
> 

>>>Indeed.   I must say I'm appalled that a Pantera professional wouldn't 
understand the importance of using a 351C thermostat when you have a standard 
351C water pump.

I spoke with a different vendor (who shall remain nameless) in very strong 
terms when I received a water pipe/hose kit on behalf of an unsuspecting 
European buyer.   He had included a 351W thermostat instead of 351C.   I called 
to find out WTF?   He said he doesn't bother selling 351C thermostats 
because they are 'too hard to find'.   I tried to explain that not running a 351C 
thermostat would cause overheating (and proper 351C thermostats cost the 
same and are available anywhere).

His response?   "Ah, Panteras always overheat anyway--even if you put a big 
radiator in the front you can never really get them to cool right".

Well, DUH!?   Of course not, if you've handicapped it with a 351W 
thermostat!!!!   He still didn't get it.

I have since laid in a stock of proper RobertShaw 351C thermostats, and 
when somebody buys a water pipe/hose kit from that guy, when it gets here, I 
pull out the 351W thermostat (that he still includes) and replace it with a 
proper 351C unit.

Tara at Hall Pantera was doing the same thing, but to her eternal credit, 
when I explained why that was a bad thing, she was very thankful, and 
promised to switch to using 351C thermostats right away--the next time a hose/pipe 
kit from Hall arrived, sure enough, it had the right one included.

It was still a cheap Stant unit though, and as a matter of principle I 
substituted a RobertShaw example after conferring with the buyer.   Call me 
superstitious, but after having suffered two breakdowns in my life due to 
thermostat failure (in non-351C applications), I have become somewhat of a fanatic 
about getting the best quality unit you can.

Mike
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