![]() ![]() ![]() Does it actually overheat, spill water etc., or is the gauge just coming up? Most of those early Gals never had or needed a shroud- my 406 car never had one, and has had several different 427's in there and has never gotten hot- and my ragtop w/390-4V and auto trans plumbed into the radiator will idle in traffic without heating up no problem. To the OP- have you guys just tried putting the original sender back in? I'm thinking the sender isn't matching or correct for the guage. Take a look at an FE gasket and you'll see it- the lower "rear" corner below where the water passage is follows the outline of the head and is covered by the head, while the front edge is squared off and sticks out I told him to take the thermostat out and see what happens as I have gotten bad ones before, but I was really hoping the radiator shop was going to tell him it was corroded/plugged.now we have to look for the "not so obvious."Īny insight or ideas would be greatly appreciated!Ĭlick to expand.I almost hate to tell you at this point, but it might save someone else some work- FE head gaskets have a visible tab that sticks out past the head in the front if the gaskets are on right- if you can't see gasket sticking out at the lower front corners, the gaskets are bassackwards. (shop is run by an old timer that knows his stuff)Įverything on the motor is new (guage sending unit, thermostat, cap, hoses etc.) I figured the radiator was the problem but he just got the call from the repair shop that the radiator looks brand new iside and flows better than factory specs. (car is all original so it doesn't have an actual #'s temp guage, so I don't know actually HOW hot, he says upper end of normal on the factory guage) If he gets it on the open road it cools down, but the minute he gets to the next town it creeps back up. We finally got it back on the road last year and while driving around town it gets pretty warm. The motor (390) was rebuilt several years ago and sat while he restored the car. Hoping for a little insight on a problem with my fathers 1964 Galaxie 500. ![]()
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