Thread: Inline Thermostats

Originally Posted by geodon

Has anyone found one locally? I don't want to buy from the US. I'm not impressed with UPS. I think thy learned their trade from Somali pirates.

They aren't shipping via UPS. They say USPS (US Postal Service). I've never had a problem with the USPS, very quick and reliable and not excessively priced unlike Austpost - although I think they have recently upped their prices.

A lot of US sellers won't ship internationally as it means they have to go to the PO for the Customs declaration. For domestic mail under a certain weight, they can print out a postage sticker, put it on the parcel, and then put the parcel in their mailbox to be picked up by the mailman.

why not try a td5 thermostat, just block off the bypass outlet ?

Thank you!

What's the diameter of of the TD5's unit pipes and where does the bybass go to?

The Citroen top hose is 38mm ID

Originally Posted by goingbush

why not try a td5 thermostat, just block off the bypass outlet ?

No don't...

It will cavitate the pump and boil the thing!

The bypass needs to be tied back into the return hose...

what about a blind on the radiator grille in winter ?

Ford Housings Fairlane/LTD

Ive bolted 2 W04 together, thermostat sandwiched between flanges.
Available from supercheap. Check the hose size thou.

Originally Posted by goingbush

what about a blind on the radiator grille in winter ?

That's what used to be done!

I thought about one of those in hose thermostats when I paid lots to have a thermostat housing machined into the front of the Thor manifold on my ex RRC.
However you would need a bleed hole to ensure that the buffer of cold water in the top hose was replaced by hot water as the engine warmed or have a bypass to the heater which starts at a stub right next to the engine side of the thermostat so that hot wtaer gets to act on the theromstat.
Regards Philip A