if yer still lookin wilbur, I paid attention for ya today - instead of watchin paint dry I went out for some things - started cold and the gauge jumped into view [lately it sometimes doesn't, I have to give it a rap on the head, ain't broke so I can't fix it
] - after the usual 30 sec warmup, no choke, headed out to a hardware maybe 5 miles of stop and go, it was barely past the T [was about 85*F here today] ... was in there about 10 minutes, started again and it was about on the T - back about 3 miles, more stopping than going, and went to the grocery store, also about 10 minutes, it was on the E when I got there and just below it when I restarted .... made one more stop of only 2 minutes, when restarted it was between the E and M, stayed there til I got home [about normal], left it running while I took stuff inside and put it away, checked the clock, it idled for nearly 5 minutes [hate idleing, waste of gas, I usually even shut it off waiting in line] and the temp hadn't changed - shut it off, waited a minute or so and clicked the key to see the temp, had moved up about a needle width
I haven't checked the rad temp since I put the engine in [15 years?], but I'd expect it to be 185-190, I think I've got a 180 stat in it, really should have a 195 as it's a bit slow on the warm up, might change it before winter
Bill
