ConSeann3ry

So, I ran this top for a little bit and it ran fine. Had a slight head gasket leak and took it off, resurfaced it and then put it back on.

When I first ran it, I had the output from the water pump (long metal tube right?) going to the water choke on the carb. It was getting warm but not on my temp gauge, I stopped it. Got a bubble out then it would warm up but go past 180, I would stop it at 200.

So then I went and got a new t-stat. Put that in and it was the same deal. Then I re-routed the water pump output to go up into the heater core. And it would get to temp and go past. Same as before. Then I took the t-stat out and ran it and it stayed at 140.

My question is do I have the hoses routed right?
If it circulates when the t-stat is out I can rule out blockage somewhere right?
Did I buy a bad t-stat or ruin it by running the hoses wrong first?

I found this page

http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=65202.0

and two people describe it, but they seem contradictory.

it is described as
"The water choke on my setup hooked to the intake right near where the throttle linkage is, exactly like your first picture, and then it went straight to the carb, and then out the pass side of the carb, to under the intake (forward hose), and then to the back of the water pump via the metal tube."

and

"come out of the top of the intake into the choke then goes to the heater core, I'll try and scan a pic from a chilton book for ya"

Also on that page that guy fixed it by taking off the intake manifold and putting on a new gasket. Seeing if there is anything else that I can check before doing that.

Thank you in advance for any help you guys can give me.

ConSeann3ry

Tested the first two in boiling water, one worked, one didn't, went and got a new one anyway and that's what fixed it.