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Old 12-02-2007, 09:25 PM
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been cold in pa so far no problems with the heat with the 180 tstat cold like in the 20s (dont wanna here it silver.lol) but i used my old miltary canvas cut it the size of the grill do a little sewing , yes i can sew. use bonji cord and all better..
If your not having problems with the temp and the 180, I dont know why I am. Maybe its the high flow pump.
 
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Old 12-02-2007, 09:30 PM
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been cold in pa so far no problems with the heat with the 180 tstat cold like in the 20s (dont wanna here it silver.lol) but i used my old miltary canvas cut it the size of the grill do a little sewing , yes i can sew. use bonji cord and all better..
If your not having problems with the temp and the 180, I dont know why I am. Maybe its the high flow pump.
Awww didnt know u had one.. that could be ..amazing that your not that far from me and you get snow and i got rain.. hold on to your dress in the AM 40+ mph wind..
 
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sorry no offence but you pepole kind of amuse me ...worried because its in the 20's or 0

it was -33*C (-27.4*F) here today did a bunch of running around town with no worries
guess my truck was just built for the northern CANADIAN winters
 
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Old 12-03-2007, 12:24 AM
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Man, you fellers are making me cold.
 
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I also only run the 180 thermostat in the summer. I like my heat in the winter and the 180 just doesn't do it. 195 is nice and toasty for these old bones.
 
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I have nothing infront of the radiator and running the stock tstat and my truck warms up nicely here in minnesota. I was -6 F this morning and no problems.
 
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My truck warms up fine, these just help it warm up faster, which on a good cold morning is nice. I doubt if I had a 195 tstat that I would ever reach that anyway, so my 180 is fine in the winter. I'm usually warm up to only about 150-165 on most cold mornings without the grill inserts. But by contrast to the ambient temp, that puts out plenty warm air in the cab.
 
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we aint even seen 30 degree days here yet. its been 60-70 degrees every day. SUCKS
 
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how many miles do you guys drive though? My trips are limited to about 3 miles a day. Even in the summer time It took a long time to warm up.
 
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i just put my 180 t-stat in, havnt noticed a diff in heating times. I think the truck heater got too hot with the 195 in anyhow lol. That and ive got this great feature on my truck..... remote start.... im spoiled, roll outa bed let the truck run 15 min befor going out to a warm truck :-)
 


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