thanks silver! i won't worry about it for now.

and i found the thread about the seat belt. i'll have to look at the wires later.

so that just leaves me with the random gurgle some mornings!

 

Raise the front of the truck up. Remove the radiator cap. Start the motor, turn the heat on to full. Let the motor get up to operating temp. Add coolant as needed. Of course that won't work if the Tstat is bad. So you need to replace it anyway. I'd put a 195 back in for now. If you cut the tab off the thermostat housing it will make replacing it at a later date much easier. As in, " future plans". For now, you'll be much better off.

Just a suggestion, hope it helps.

 

That is not 140. That is where mine sits with my 180* thermostat. If you don't think your engine is hot, turn on the heater on high and have it blow in your face. After about 10 seconds you will say, "Ok it is hot."

 

Your truck would run better if you installed fuzzy dice on the mirror rather than buying into that 180º-thermostat snake oil Old Wives' Tale BS.

 

 

^That your truck?
Looks like your driveway.

 

That's my driveway, and the interior of my truck ,and the "fuzzy dice" I took out of my daughters Yaris to take the pic in response to VW's post.

EDIT: And now that I think of it. The Dice were on the mirror when I pulled the truck into the garage. And I'll be damned if it didn't run better. LOL

 

OH YEAH!
New mod.

 

Ok there bud, lets not start a new fad like checking the plenum and doing a tune up. LOL

 

How many horsepower did you get out of your daughters fuzzy dice? What did the ol' reliable butt dyno tell ya? (this could be a really cheap mod.....) Have to detail if you need to steal them from one of your kids though..... Dyno testing soon zman?