Just the thing I wanted to hear,,an Independant test with two of the same brand,,,But as he said there is more to the story in each account of product,,I am positive My Mr gasket 180 is working now,,,But my Son' n Law truck 350sbc 69 swb pu needed a new T-STAT,,,, orderd one and he pulled it out of the bag
delivered by a lady working at a chain store...that could have damaged just "looking" at it.,,,LOL,,,,,,,,, after removing packging
I said take it back and ask for another,,,it had come in contact with something heavy and had visual dammage.,,,,,,
# 1 Could it be a contractor is packaging the leftovers that jump off the assembly line and get bent and deliver them to us reguardless of Quality Control,,,,#2 or at the parts warehouse before it get to the counter shelf restocker,,,some one is dropping clutch and flywheel box's into the box with the lighter packaging on the bottom,,
going out to the Franchise stores,,discount part's.,,, Something is happening.,,,,, but just to be on the safe side,,You need to have more than a couple of known Thermostat's to test with your new purchase,,,
And yes Josh You have made a great discovery,,on your set up,,,,,,,,, Now My overheating for dummmys post,,,, Plus the"Thermostat Releif holes" post was not totaly a loss thanks,,,The secound one deliverd ' was also visualy INSPECTED,,AND tested in the truck and has worked fine .,,,after reading this,,,My Son' N Law is buying a THERMOMETER,, Water POT and Hotplate for the shop,,,Thanks,,,,and Kudo to the info on other option names,, Some places actualy stock Stant brand ,,,but do not push them????Mike
355,SBC,700R4Trans,3.42 rear,Sandersons,Edelbrock,Carb,Intake,Griffin,1,900 rpms at 60 MPH Highway Cruise Car.