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Shoebox · 04-15-2017, 04:09 PM

So, my 39 Merc cools great, no issues. My passenger side waterpump was flinging coolant, so I did the following: sent the waterpumps to Skip for his well known excellent rebuilds, pulled the radiator and took to the rad shop. When removing the radiator I found there were no thermostats so I got a pair of Shewman high flow thermostats. The shop said the radiator flowed well, no repairs needed, just flushed out thoroughly. So I reinstall all of the above along with new lower hoses and filled with coolant, started her up and if allowed....it will RUN HOT! I have briefly run/driven it an was able to add some additional coolant, I do not believe there is any kind of air in the system. Just came back from brief drive, going to let things cool, and I believe I'm going to pull the stats. What do you guys think??

Shoebox

04-15-2017, 04:09 PM	#1
Shoebox Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Holmen,Wisconsin Posts: 1,054	RUNNING HOT..after doing good stuff So, my 39 Merc cools great, no issues. My passenger side waterpump was flinging coolant, so I did the following: sent the waterpumps to Skip for his well known excellent rebuilds, pulled the radiator and took to the rad shop. When removing the radiator I found there were no thermostats so I got a pair of Shewman high flow thermostats. The shop said the radiator flowed well, no repairs needed, just flushed out thoroughly. So I reinstall all of the above along with new lower hoses and filled with coolant, started her up and if allowed....it will RUN HOT! I have briefly run/driven it an was able to add some additional coolant, I do not believe there is any kind of air in the system. Just came back from brief drive, going to let things cool, and I believe I'm going to pull the stats. What do you guys think?? Shoebox __________________ I went, I saw, I bought the T shirt 51 Ford Deluxe Tudor 32 Ford roadster 39 Mercury Towncar