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Originally Posted by Bonniewwyn
Car is a T Bird. When we bought this car temp gauge read hot after only driving a few miles, Stopped at a friends shop and they have a heat gun...motor was reading 180 but gauge was pegged. ...
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Originally Posted by KULTULZ
... If you have a BIRD, you need to be aware of other cooling system design flaw(s).
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If the actual running Temp is pretty normal you may not need to change anything else once the gauge is working well.
Here are a few things that can be worked on or improved if the engine is running too hot. See these links...
In addition to the several overheating causes mentioned, note the 3 photos at the bottom of the page at this first link.
https://www.ctci.org/gilsgarage/1955...d-overheating/
https://www.ctci.org/cracked-exhaust-manifold/
https://thunderbird.us/
https://www.ctci.org/1957-thermostat/
https://www.classictbird.com/Water-P...ctinfo/8501HO/
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