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Thermostat+Pulley |
Not_A_Six |
Oct 3 2019, 10:29 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 110 Joined: 28-November 18 From: North Idaho Member No.: 22,682 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Hi All-
I just installed a thermostat+bracket from AA in my '73 2.0 as the PO had removed the original hardware and was running with the flaps full-open. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) The design looks quite different than the OEM one. It looks to my novice eyes like a Beetle thermostat. I have a few questions that I'd appreciate any help with: Does anybody know the story behind the AA thermostat? Is it a modified beetle stat like it looks? If it fails, will it fail with flaps open or closed? (I think the OEM stat was designed to fail with flaps open -- please correct me if I'm wrong...) Is the temperature operation close to OEM? Anybody use one? How did it work for you? Thanks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
Not_A_Six |
Oct 3 2019, 03:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 110 Joined: 28-November 18 From: North Idaho Member No.: 22,682 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Thanks all.
I wish I'd known about the Awesome OEM-style ones before I bought and installed the AA one. Oh well. I wonder if the Awesome ones are "new old stock" or new production? If they are 40+ years old, I wonder how the bellows will hold up... I think I'll stay with the AA one for now and just keep an eye on the temp gauge. The lack of failsafe worries me a bit, but the part has been used in millions of beetles without issues, right? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) (Or is there something inherent in the 914 design that makes a thermostat failure more catastrophic than in a beetle?) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Cheers. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
bbrock |
Oct 3 2019, 09:39 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I wonder if the Awesome ones are "new old stock" or new production? If they are 40+ years old, I wonder how the bellows will hold up... The Awesome ones are new production. I think I remember seeing that they also do or did sell NOS when they were available but mostly they sell new reproductions. They are also great to deal with. I can't imagine copper bellows would go bad from just sitting and never cycling. I don't know about the beetle design, but failure of an OEM thermostat on a 914 is obviously a non-issue since it fails with flaps open for max cooling. The only thing it causes is longer warm ups and the related wear on the engine. I don't think I'd want to run the VW thermostat without a temp gauge to monitor if it fails. Otherwise, seems like it would be okay. |
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