Bubs 1995 Dodge Build

[Bubs]

No problem, the thread is just attracting attention[emoji1]

 

[Bubs]

Alright so I was starting to hear some noise up front. I pulled the belt and started wiggling pulleys, and the water pump had some play so it was time to replace it. Got the truck apart and water pump back on. I was about to put the cluth and fan on and remembered I was just talking about hooking up some e fans, so I run to the store and get a thermostat to control the fans and cut up the e fan's shroud to fit in the stock dodge one. It looked good, got it on, and walla the sum ***** doesnt pull enough for the dodge[emoji35], so I run out and buy a new clutch for my fan and put it on. Now it's done and the truck it's good but, the temp is the same as with the e fan's[emoji58]. Come to find out the thermostat I got is a 195° and I guess before me the truck had a cooler one and the e fan's would have been fine. The trucks temp now sits a needle above 200° and my question is if this is normal and what yalls truck sit at?

 

[dodge dude94]

Heh...pulley play in the water pump. I know all about that.

My truck sits a good two needles under 210, so probably about 195-200

 

[BBartow]

I'm at 180 unless I have the a/c on or I'm on it pretty hard, then turn the second fan on and we're back at 180.

 

[Bubs]

So do you guys think I should drop in the 180 thermostat, or let it ride?

 

[MagSport]

I'd let it ride until you got back in that area (swapping intake, cam, timing cover gasket, etc..) or if it starts overheating. It's kind of a pain to get to the thermostats on these trucks without making a mess.

 

[Bubs]

Alright I'll let it go. It was a pain in the ass, I ended up removing the alternator so I could clean up in there good enough to put the new one back in.

 

[Crocdocs]

Yea 200 isn't to hot but mine runs at like 170 and takes about 10 minutes to come off cold lol. Idk if mine even has a thermkstat. When I do plenum I will put a 185 in it out the e fans back on I want to check it out to see if I want to do it ! Lol

 

[codered]

nice little thread yall got going on here. mine sits at 210 when hot.

 

[Bubs]

nice little thread yall got going on here. mine sits at 210 when hot.

Thank you, mines about the same

 

[codered]

anytime bud, i'll be doing an oil change and filter soon. hijack the thread lol naw.


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[Bubs]

Little update, I finally got around to fixing my bumpers saggy tit ends and repainting the plastics black every tab that held the ends down were broken so a little panel bond solved that. In other news are any of you Florida boys going to the 4 wheel parts truck and jeep show on Saturday?

 

[dodge dude94]

Truck is looking good.

 

[Bubs]

Thanks man

 

[Bubs]

So over the weekend I decided that beds suck so I took mine off but then decided to change what I thought was a failing fuel pump. It wasn't, it was a worn shrader valve that would let air in and take forever for the truck to start.

 

[Bubs]

Little update, turns out it wasn't a shader valve. Ended up being a computer, I've been hearing a whining noise and it came down to that or the ckps and that **** sucker is hard to get to. Looked on craigslist and found a computer for 50 bucks. Slapped it in and she's been fine since.