http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/ A newsgroup for Locost Builders in North America Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:31:31 GMT Cory http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54591 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54591 Not sure the details of this setup, but generally they are for coolant into the throttle body to prevent it from icing up. Blow into one tube on the tbody and Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:16:45 GMT Keith Williams http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54590 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54590 What do the (2) 1/4"  tubes under the air meter(throttle) do and what to hook to them.?  They seem to flow into the air meter  Thanx   KW [Non-text Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:02:07 GMT George http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54589 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54589 ...    Late model t-stats (quality) are designed and built to keep smog-burners hot as well as run in a preasurized, sealed system with boiling points as Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:13:16 GMT Cory http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54588 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54588 Sounds like air lock to me. Thermostats do not open if they have air around them. Sounds like it has air around it, then eventually it gets hit with enough Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:22:42 GMT Clifford Flath http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54587 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54587 Russ, Since the thermostat works so well after warm-up, it seems unlikely your new thermostat is sticking. Maybe during the warm-up, the thermostat is in an Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:13:53 GMT aa5pilot http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54586 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54586 Russ: The thermostat is the simplest part in your whole engine and rarely goes bad. Yes I have had them fail but more often than not when I have had an Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:06:10 GMT Rx7world http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54585 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54585 Thanks for the input metal it is. Ernst [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:59:15 GMT toy_20valve http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54584 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54584 On a 1988 Corolla GTS, the igniter and coil are on the firewall at the right (passenger) side, top. Next to it is the motor for the windshield wipers, which Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:12:04 GMT Keith Williams http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54583 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54583 -- Please Dr Hess-would you tell me the purposes of some of the wire connections on my red/black 4AG-E?      The igniter and coil seem to fit on the plenum Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:21:47 GMT Keith Williams http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54582 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54582 There are thermostats that fail in the open mode.  They are a bit more expensive and don't last as well;   Auto Zone has them for sure.    Keith Williams Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:51:44 GMT nate clowar http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54581 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54581 I used metal 2x4s, worked pretty well and would probably go that route again. I made the legs easy to remove and its all stored away for when I need to use it Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:14:17 GMT Russ http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54580 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54580 I have been having an overheating problem lately that I want to try to figure out what is happening. I'll set the stage for you all so we are on the same page. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:16:18 GMT Keith Williams http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54579 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54579 I should think metal studs would be reasonably inexpensive and a good way to go.  I wish I had it to do over.  I used 3/4" plywood on sawhorses and ended up Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00:34 GMT butter_art http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54578 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54578 Use metal - it's hard to find decent "straight" timber these days. Metal will stay straight for as long as it takes you to build the chassis; wood will not be Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:05:40 GMT rx7world http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54577 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Locost_North_America/message/54577 I am at the build the flat surface stage, I see two ways one using metal 2x4's in the center, and another that says use straight timber in the center, I assume