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Grumpyg1t
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Cosworth Thermastat
« on: Jun 7th, 2007, 9:47am » |
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Hi does anyone have a thermastat for a 2.9 24v Cossie?
Cheers
Richard
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DJWerkz
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You would probably be better buying new, well that's my opinion for what it's worth. I replaced mine only recently, my local Ford ealer managed to find me one within a couple of days.
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Grumpyg1t
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Re: Cosworth Thermastat
« Reply #2 on: Jun 7th, 2007, 2:39pm » |
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ok for some reason i had it in my head they were hard to come by 
Do you mind me asking how much you paid?
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Re: Cosworth Thermastat
« Reply #3 on: Jun 8th, 2007, 12:23am » |
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I paid £46 for mine i think from FMD
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TiberiuS
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Re: Cosworth Thermastat
« Reply #4 on: Jun 8th, 2007, 1:08am » |
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Wow
What is it - gold plated or something?
Just buy the Scorpio and get the attached thermostat for free 
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DJWerkz
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Yes, mine was not quite £48 but there abouts. It's built into a brass housing and not like a £6 stat you would get from a Motor Factors.
As for buying a car with one on that is another idea but then if it's an original unit at best you are going to be looking at a part that's at least 10 years old. In my mind some things are better replaced with OEM parts, especially if they are a little time consuming to change out,...the stat is not real difficult but once you do it you would probably think 'I don't want to be doing this agin in a hurry' lol
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pete from Hull
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Re: Cosworth Thermastat
« Reply #6 on: Jun 8th, 2007, 10:06am » |
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Wouldn't mind seeing a picture of these stats, the price seems so high it must be something VERY special
 My car is a 2.3 so I have had nothing to do with cossies....  glad your sorted though...
Pete
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Grumpyg1t
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Re: Cosworth Thermastat
« Reply #7 on: Jun 8th, 2007, 10:27am » |
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I am going to get the stat i will post a photo pete when it's out, looking at the old one it looks like the original item so it hasn't done bad.
Thanks for all the tips by the way.
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Simmo
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Re: Cosworth Thermastat
« Reply #8 on: Jun 8th, 2007, 6:29pm » |
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Pete, there were some great photos of these units a long time ago when the subject of ballooning radiators was the subject of much analysis. Baz or one of the other senior guys may be able to locate them. Essentially they look very much like a 15mm copper 'T' piece as used in plumbing and at one time were very difficult to obtain. As has been said they are nothing like a 'conventional' stat.
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Re: Cosworth Thermastat
« Reply #9 on: Jun 8th, 2007, 10:49pm » |
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on Jun 8th, 2007, 6:29pm, Simmo wrote:| Pete, there were some great photos of these units a long time ago when the subject of ballooning radiators was the subject of much analysis. Baz or one of the other senior guys may be able to locate them. Essentially they look very much like a 15mm copper 'T' piece as used in plumbing and at one time were very difficult to obtain. As has been said they are nothing like a 'conventional' stat. |
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hi there
i've put a photo of one in the 'ford scorpio parts'.
hth
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pete from Hull
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Re: Cosworth Thermastat
« Reply #10 on: Jun 9th, 2007, 12:36am » |
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Looked at the picture, My lad has a vectra with a stat that is built into a housing type of thing, he was told by the vmd that he would not be able to take it apart, they tried to sell him the complete unit for about £57 they said it couldn't be repaired.
He was able to open the housing up, contrary to what they had said and he was able to replace the stat for about £4.... Don't know if this is the case with the cossie one..... Interesting
Pete
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Simmo
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Re: Cosworth Thermastat
« Reply #11 on: Jun 9th, 2007, 9:10am » |
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Thanks Andrew. I tried to find the article from way back when,I think it was Howied ?, did all sorts of experiments with these units to see if they were the cause of the rad problems. 
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Baz
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Re: Cosworth Thermastat
« Reply #12 on: Jun 11th, 2007, 12:11am » |
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Here are the pics I took at the time...
and this is the label off the box...
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