Re: [T3] Number 4 issues..

[Scott Taylor <scottbtaylor@earthlink.net>]

<x-flowed>On Jun 4, 2006, at 5:54 PM, Keith Park wrote:

> YES you need them!  Cut your
> engine life roughly in half by having them out.... you need the engine 
> to
> reach operating temperature as quickly as possible and it may NEVER get
> there with the flaps not working properly.

Then what about the 1962-63 Type 3 engines that had no thermostat at 
all? Were they all unusually short lived? I'm about to rebuild an early 
1962 engine so it would be nice to know.

Scott
62 343

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