Thermostat Nightmares
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Due to the manner in which these thermostats are installed, it is an easy mistake to install one backwards.
I have had good results with my plain old Stant thermostat that was installed with no thought to jiggle-pin orientation; it warms to 180 and stays there, rock solid, up hill and down, loaded or empty, winter or summer, without the erratic gauge fluctuations that I see in most of the other 1st Gen./Cummins trucks that I have occassion to drive.
I, also, agree that Dodge was pretty stingy with the cooling system on these trucks; I could remove a section of my Ford radiator, equivalent to the size of the Dodge radiator, and still have more cooling than the Dodge.
I have had good results with my plain old Stant thermostat that was installed with no thought to jiggle-pin orientation; it warms to 180 and stays there, rock solid, up hill and down, loaded or empty, winter or summer, without the erratic gauge fluctuations that I see in most of the other 1st Gen./Cummins trucks that I have occassion to drive.
I, also, agree that Dodge was pretty stingy with the cooling system on these trucks; I could remove a section of my Ford radiator, equivalent to the size of the Dodge radiator, and still have more cooling than the Dodge.
I have good results with stant t-stat's in other applications, do You by chance have the part # for the one You have?
Thank You.
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