Gt-40 Cooling (or Lack Thereof).

[BLACKJACK]

PAT,

THANKS FOR THE REPLY. I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S THE GAUGE/SENDER BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME THE TEMP STAYS RIGHT AROUND 180F. IT SURE WON'T HURT TO TEST IT THOUGH. "SOMEWHERE" IN WHATS LEFT OF MY GARAGE I HAVE A LAZER THERMOMETER THAT I THINK WILL READ HIGH ENOUGH. I'LL GET A BETTER LOOK AT IT TODAY BECAUSE THE AIR TEMP IS GOING TO BE 80+ DEGREES OUTSIDE.

WHEN I "LEAN ON IT" IT JUMPS UP 20 DEGREES OR IN TRAFFIC IT LOOKS LIKE THE SECOND HAND ON A CLOCK. OTHERWISE IT ACTS "NORMAL".

BOB,

THANKS FOR GETTING BACK TO ME. YEAH, NO PROBLEM, I'D LIKE TO INSTALL THE NEW IGNITION SWITCH. (I'M REEL "SQUIRELY" ABOUT THINGS THAT GET TOO HOT - OR GO BANG).

DO YOU THINK THAT AN ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE THAT COULD MAKE THE SWITCH TOO HOT TO TOUCH COULD BE CAUSING A VOLTAGE DROP THAT DOES NOT ALLOW THE COOLING FANS TO OPERATE AT FULL RPM??

I'M NOT SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND HOW TILTING THE "FRONT END UP" WILL ALLOW ME TO BLEED AIR FROM THE ENGINE. PERHAPS, DO YOU MEAN TILT THE "REAR END" UP???

WHERE ON "THE TOP OF THE ENGINE" IS THE BEST POINT TO BLEED THE AIR??

IS THERE ANY WAY TO INSTALL A BLEED VALVE ON THE TOP OF THE RADIATOR WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE IT BACK OUT??? OR IS THAT NOT NECESSARY??

WOULD YOU PLEASE SEND ME THE INFO ON THE ELECTRIC WATER PUMPS. I DON'T THINK I WOULD WANT TO REMOVE (GUT) THE MECHANICAL PUMP BUT IT MIGHT WORK TO HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL PUMP FOR OPERATING AT LOW SPEEDS / HIGH TEMP CONDITIONS.

ANY THOUGHTS ON WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED WITH THE FUEL GAUGES??? I BELIEVE THAT THE GT-40 HAS THE ELECTRONIC FUEL LEVEL SENSORS. I KNOW THAT IN LARGE AIRPLANES THAT TYPE OF SENSOR WOULD SOMETIMES GO "NUCKING FUTS" FOR NO REASON. THEN RE-STABILIZE AFTER TOPPING UP THE TANKS.

THANKS, AND - - Y'ALL HAVE A REALLY GREAT DAY,

BLACKJACK