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Old 11-19-2012, 03:08 PM   eBay Motors  #1 (permalink)
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seriously?? 2 thermostats??

i went to buy a thermostat for my truck, and was told they dont keep them in stock!!!! there has to be a 1000 of these trucks in my little neck of the woods...so i said get me one, and was told there are two...really?? where does the other one go?
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There are 2. They are both in the same spot under the upper radiator hose. One opens at 160 and one at 180.
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I hope you were sitting down when you had this conversation. Sounds like you were dumbfounded and learned something new

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i went to buy a thermostat for my truck, and was told they dont keep them in stock!!!! there has to be a 1000 of these trucks in my little neck of the woods...so i said get me one, and was told there are two...really?? where does the other one go?
Yep. There are two under there.
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Stats are 180 and 185
is that what it is??? I mis-remembered i guess.
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Old 11-19-2012, 05:57 PM   eBay Motors  #10 (permalink)
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why exactly do they use a double thermostat system? I heard this before but never really figured out what the deal is.
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