Nice tidbit for those with barely any heat

[ericsmith32]

I wonder what the odds that one of these dual stage thermos could be found in a junkyard. Looks like most Mazda's and even Kia's had this thermostat. The cheap part of me really wants to go look tomorrow.. looks like I'm going to need another thermostat for the yellow 91. I swear that car hate thermostats. Went through 3 motoraids and the one in it is a stant.

[bhazard]

Would you really count on a used thermostat from a junked car?

[Pu241]

Would you really count on a used thermostat from a junked car?

Can always test it in a pan of water using a thermometer!
I've gotten brand new parts that didn't work too!
So just so long as he tests it before putting it into his car I don't see any harm.
It's not like a master cylinder were a seal failure in degraded polymer can kill you. Mainly, because you don't have anyway to test the seal under real, say sudden stop, conditions.

[batstiva]

It's not like a master cylinder were a seal failure in degraded polymer can kill you. Mainly, because you don't have anyway to test the seal under real, say sudden stop, conditions.

I used two deer jumping into the road right in front of me to test my new MC a couple of nights ago. Works great! :roll:

[Pu241]

I used two deer jumping into the road right in front of me to test my new MC a couple of nights ago. Works great! :roll:

Would you have wanted to try the same "test" with a used MC?

[batstiva]

Would you have wanted to try the same "test" with a used MC?

Um, NO!! Although, that is how I figured out my old one was bad. :banghead:

No dents tho. :headbang:

[DrMaxwellEdison]

trying to figure out whether it's the t-stat or the heater core, I'm thinking it's the T-stat.... because the heat worked wonderful before I changed it 2 years ago when I replaced the head gasket. at that point my dad was driving it and it was (and still is) my mom's car that we drove interchangably. since the t-stat replacement it heats up (according to the gauge) but I turn the heat to the highest setting and get nothing, where before the heat through the dash vents blew hot enough to run you out of the car, unlike any car I've driven before or since, I get defroster heat, it doesn't blow all that warm but it does blow warm.... I'm driving it this winter (the polar express is my project car for 2011) to and from High School and (when I get one) a job. I'm driving it also because dad quit driving it and started using his '04 Tacoma as his DD

[Evil D]

I just talked to the clowns down at Autozoo and they've never heard of a 2 stage thermostat before lol.

[mattman]

well im afraid i have terrible news for everyone here on the forum i just got back from the parts store trying to add good info on t parts figured id get hose and heater core part# to add to this thread an i have been informed by the partsguy ( see master of all things automotive ) that ford has never even sold a car called festiva in the United States ....WHAT?? well what am i driving i asked him ...so to QUOTE him ...the only small car ford sold was the escort the car your driving is either an import from canada or mexico an was never sold in the U.S. so your gonna have to go out of country for parts.....this paticular counter guys language got a lil more than i can print here when he came outside to see this odd import box im driving ( mind you the tank turret on the roof didnt help when the coments started flying ) i have never met a more ignorant person in my life he never looked at the computer in the store just told me what he thought off the top of his head an after this meeting i swear this paticular autozone has lost any money i might have spent there again ....i wish i could have recorded the 15 to 30 minute rant he had about small cars and foreign built cars or the back n forth he had about me sticking ford badges on this non ford car or even kia or mazda for that matter swearing the festiva had never been sold on these shores ....as for me ....dumbfounded in awww at the pure lack of intelegence displayed or the hate for all things automotive ( think he may need a job change ) i was so suprised i forgot to stop at advance auto to see what kinda price i can get on a radiator seeing mine seems to be leaking at the top looks like the top is seperating from it no cracks or breaks just coming apart ....sorry for the rant but my intention was to add helpfull info

[Evil D]

Wow...i used to have an '80 Dodge Challenger that people would tell me didn't exist and insist that it was a Charger.

[batstiva]

well im afraid i have terrible news for everyone here on the forum i just got back from the parts store trying to add good info on t parts figured id get hose and heater core part# to add to this thread an i have been informed by the partsguy ( see master of all things automotive ) that ford has never even sold a car called festiva in the United States ....WHAT?? well what am i driving i asked him ...so to QUOTE him ...the only small car ford sold was the escort the car your driving is either an import from canada or mexico an was never sold in the U.S. so your gonna have to go out of country for parts.....this paticular counter guys language got a lil more than i can print here when he came outside to see this odd import box im driving ( mind you the tank turret on the roof didnt help when the coments started flying ) i have never met a more ignorant person in my life he never looked at the computer in the store just told me what he thought off the top of his head an after this meeting i swear this paticular autozone has lost any money i might have spent there again ....i wish i could have recorded the 15 to 30 minute rant he had about small cars and foreign built cars or the back n forth he had about me sticking ford badges on this non ford car or even kia or mazda for that matter swearing the festiva had never been sold on these shores ....as for me ....dumbfounded in awww at the pure lack of intelegence displayed or the hate for all things automotive ( think he may need a job change ) i was so suprised i forgot to stop at advance auto to see what kinda price i can get on a radiator seeing mine seems to be leaking at the top looks like the top is seperating from it no cracks or breaks just coming apart ....sorry for the rant but my intention was to add helpfull info

Did you happen to ask him why their website lists parts for 88-93 Ford Festiva/Import??????

[Evil D]

Can someone tell me what a ballpark warm up time is? Lets say 30-40 degrees in little to no wind...what's an average time to get it warm enough to open the tstat and then kick on the fan?

I did my tstat this morning (man is it a pain to get that bottom bolt with big hands) and it really didn't seem to warm up any faster than it did before.

[ejp2fast]

Can someone tell me what a ballpark warm up time is? Lets say 30-40 degrees in little to no wind...what's an average time to get it warm enough to open the tstat and then kick on the fan?

I did my tstat this morning (man is it a pain to get that bottom bolt with big hands) and it really didn't seem to warm up any faster than it did before.

approx 5-7 minutes and my gauge is 1/4 of the way off the bottom. no more than 8-10. i have the dual stage t-stat.

[Evil D]

Well my only option from the local autozoos were a single stage Stant

[91blufestiva]

Well I did the dual t-stat swap the other day, got more heat and the car warms up faster now, but it still isn't that great of heat, I also flushed the heater core couple of days before the t-stat. What else could be the problem?