cooling headache!!!
OK, but stock for WHAT? A stock Mopar 92/ later serpentine pump TURNS THE OPPOSITE direction. So did you get a pump for a "v belt" SB or a 92/ later "serpentine" belt pump?
Are you asking me or telling me, read on...................
If you have never air locked an engine, I can understand why you seem surprised. First time it happened to me was when I changed cams in the old 70 RR back in the '70's. I always pull the top heater hose which connects near the stat off at the heater, fill until I get coolant out the hose, then raise the hose up high and put as much coolant as I can get "in". and last, re - install the hose. Since you don't have a heater, you can just pull one of the intake plugs and fill until you get water up there
This is ALSO why you drill a 1/8" or smaller bleed hole in the stat outer ring, and this is a WELL documented "thing" to do.
..........AND............ I have no idea what this means
Bleed hole and TOP of stat:
You can easily check the stat for "basic operation" by throwing it into a pan of water on the stove, and kype your wife's candy thermometer.
OK, but stock for WHAT? A stock Mopar 92/ later serpentine pump TURNS THE OPPOSITE direction. So did you get a pump for a "v belt" SB or a 92/ later "serpentine" belt pump?
Are you asking me or telling me, read on...................
If you have never air locked an engine, I can understand why you seem surprised. First time it happened to me was when I changed cams in the old 70 RR back in the '70's. I always pull the top heater hose which connects near the stat off at the heater, fill until I get coolant out the hose, then raise the hose up high and put as much coolant as I can get "in". and last, re - install the hose. Since you don't have a heater, you can just pull one of the intake plugs and fill until you get water up there
This is ALSO why you drill a 1/8" or smaller bleed hole in the stat outer ring, and this is a WELL documented "thing" to do.
..........AND............ I have no idea what this means
Bleed hole and TOP of stat:
You can easily check the stat for "basic operation" by throwing it into a pan of water on the stove, and kype your wife's candy thermometer.
