I purchased the car about 10 months ago. Haven't driven it much since I've continued to run into issue after issue. It is a rebuilt motor changed over to carb. One day while replacing a bulb in the speedo, I realized the temp gauge was not hooked up. The needle was positioned as if it were running normal temps.
I bought an aftermarket gauge and quickly found that it was running hot. It hit about 220-225 and then I parked it again. I put a 180 thermostat in it and that didn't work. Put a new water pump on it and that didn't work. Put a new radiator on it and that didn't work. Now I am at a loss.
I actually had a shop do the radiator and asked them to make sure it wasn't running hot prior to re-installing all new a/c parts and charging the system. Lots of money later, they said it never broke 180 while in the shop. However, it broke 250 on my aftermarket gauge on the way home from the shop. They've been no help since.
I've since checked the coolant, which was low, borrowed a different gauge, which also started to run hot (205) after about five minutes at idle. I turned the car off at this point because I noticed steam or smoke coming from the breather filter that is in the neck of the oil spout coming out of the valve cover.
I am not sure what to do from here and was hoping someone could help. I am fresh out of cash and cannot drive the car. Does the stuff coming out of the breather filter signify coolant steam and a head gasket problem? With the old radiator, I started it with the cap open and coolant eventually started to come up to overflow out of the where the cap is. Now I have the new radiator. Could the new thermostat be bad? I put it in with the spring side to the block, which I think is correct.
I've got a holley 670 carb, air gap intake, gt-40p heads and ford racing headers. I read something about differences with timing on the gt-40p heads. I had a shop tune the car with a 6AL box and vacuum secondary msd distributor.
Please Help!!!
I bought an aftermarket gauge and quickly found that it was running hot. It hit about 220-225 and then I parked it again. I put a 180 thermostat in it and that didn't work. Put a new water pump on it and that didn't work. Put a new radiator on it and that didn't work. Now I am at a loss.
I actually had a shop do the radiator and asked them to make sure it wasn't running hot prior to re-installing all new a/c parts and charging the system. Lots of money later, they said it never broke 180 while in the shop. However, it broke 250 on my aftermarket gauge on the way home from the shop. They've been no help since.
I've since checked the coolant, which was low, borrowed a different gauge, which also started to run hot (205) after about five minutes at idle. I turned the car off at this point because I noticed steam or smoke coming from the breather filter that is in the neck of the oil spout coming out of the valve cover.
I am not sure what to do from here and was hoping someone could help. I am fresh out of cash and cannot drive the car. Does the stuff coming out of the breather filter signify coolant steam and a head gasket problem? With the old radiator, I started it with the cap open and coolant eventually started to come up to overflow out of the where the cap is. Now I have the new radiator. Could the new thermostat be bad? I put it in with the spring side to the block, which I think is correct.
I've got a holley 670 carb, air gap intake, gt-40p heads and ford racing headers. I read something about differences with timing on the gt-40p heads. I had a shop tune the car with a 6AL box and vacuum secondary msd distributor.
Please Help!!!