{"id":235,"date":"2019-07-06T04:40:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T04:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/?p=235"},"modified":"2025-05-23T15:24:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:24:03","slug":"still-overheating-sorta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/07\/06\/still-overheating-sorta\/","title":{"rendered":"Still overheating&#8230;sorta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The engine in the 68 is a 73 350. The wiring needed some work, and when I got the temp light hooked up, it came on after a few minutes of running.<\/p>\n<p>I figured out that the sender was for a gauge, not an idiot light, so that\u2019s why the light would show dim, and gradually get brighter. I hit the local NAPA and asked for a new sender for an idiot light, and a new thermostat&#8230;but the light still came on.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a show on the 6th I wanted to make (castle in the clouds, moultonborough) so I wanted to solve the overheating before then.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/39C96042-B9E5-4714-B535-8F3CEADEC08D-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Next up on the hitlist was a new water pump. I mail ordered a new one and a few other bits. The parts arrived on the 1st.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/C2E33DD5-E04B-4D54-8DA4-FFDE82345099-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I stripped the front of the engine down on the 2nd to discover I\u2019d mail ordered a short pump by mistake. I called NAPA on the 3rd and they said the long pump wasn\u2019t in stock, but they\u2019d have it by 3pm. My wife stopped by at 3:45&#8230;to find a sign in the window saying they closed early at 3pm, and would be closed on the 4th.<\/p>\n<p>A 45 minute drive to the nearest place that was open got me a pump. I spent a few hours on the 4th pulling the rest of it, including pulling the dampener and putting a sleeve on, and a new front seal in the timing cover to (hopefully) cure an oil leak. Then it was clean\/paint\/reassemble with the new water pump, and wait for the rtv to cure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/27960D08-A20B-4915-9332-B270AC552847-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/27960D08-A20B-4915-9332-B270AC552847-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/27960D08-A20B-4915-9332-B270AC552847.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/65E4B440-6227-47D3-8F87-C2644C440EDF-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/65E4B440-6227-47D3-8F87-C2644C440EDF-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/65E4B440-6227-47D3-8F87-C2644C440EDF-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/65E4B440-6227-47D3-8F87-C2644C440EDF.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/0CAFFA65-234A-4369-B90C-875E1E7938FE-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/0CAFFA65-234A-4369-B90C-875E1E7938FE-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/0CAFFA65-234A-4369-B90C-875E1E7938FE.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DBCE6730-A39B-4F43-A570-71BB76E071F1-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DBCE6730-A39B-4F43-A570-71BB76E071F1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DBCE6730-A39B-4F43-A570-71BB76E071F1.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9152AC96-59A1-42EF-AE9D-1D4E2D0DE5B3-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9152AC96-59A1-42EF-AE9D-1D4E2D0DE5B3-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9152AC96-59A1-42EF-AE9D-1D4E2D0DE5B3.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6C5A167B-9302-481A-BEB0-B966ED8ADF4F-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6C5A167B-9302-481A-BEB0-B966ED8ADF4F-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6C5A167B-9302-481A-BEB0-B966ED8ADF4F-768x1023.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6C5A167B-9302-481A-BEB0-B966ED8ADF4F.jpeg 769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4193C290-6737-49AE-BBCF-3146EFE996E2-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4193C290-6737-49AE-BBCF-3146EFE996E2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4193C290-6737-49AE-BBCF-3146EFE996E2.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tonight I finished the last of the assembly, put the coolant back in, and took it for a drive around the block&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/09C2670C-CC57-4CCF-92D6-FAB399711DC5-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/09C2670C-CC57-4CCF-92D6-FAB399711DC5-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/09C2670C-CC57-4CCF-92D6-FAB399711DC5-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/09C2670C-CC57-4CCF-92D6-FAB399711DC5.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>..and then the temp light came on again&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Something wasn\u2019t adding up. The engine didn\u2019t seem that hot, and my infrared temp gun showed 185.<\/p>\n<p>I pulled out the sales slip for the new sender, and looked up the part number. Sunofabich&#8230;it\u2019s for a gauge not a light.<\/p>\n<p>Sooo&#8230;going to the show Saturday anyway, temp light and all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The engine in the 68 is a 73 350. The wiring needed some work, and when I got the temp light hooked up, it came on after a few minutes of running. I figured out that the sender was for a gauge, not an idiot light, so that\u2019s why the light would show dim, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camaro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267,"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions\/267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}