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Re: Cheap Thermostats
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 2:50 am
by KiwiDave
In my spares dept, I have a Continental Direct thermostat. It comes with the most comprehensive set of gaskets ever including 6 paper gaskets and 2 rubber rings as well. It has Motorad stamped on the housing but no mention of opening temp. I nicked one of the gaskets for my recent thermostat swap.
Re: Cheap Thermostats
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 5:23 am
by TOOL
You know what a motorad is, right?
Thomas!
Re: Cheap Thermostats
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:00 am
by spirit r
TOOL wrote:You know what a motorad is, right?Thomas!
I don't know Andy.
I know Motor
rad is the german Word for motor-cycle right?
Thomas
Any picture to explain the sealing different between fb +FC Thermostat housing?
Re: Cheap Thermostats
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:48 am
by TOOL
spirit r wrote:TOOL wrote:You know what a motorad is, right?Thomas!
I don't know Andy.
I know Motor
rad is the german Word for motor-cycle right?
Thomas
Any picture to explain the sealing different between fb +FC Thermostat housing?
Pretty close lol
Re: Cheap Thermostats
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 10:42 am
by TOOL
A7RXY wrote:Andy are you saying that these will not fit ?
FB only has slight recess to retain the thermostat. See Dave's third pic down here:
http://rx7fb.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=618&p=30177#p30177
FC (S5) and FD have much deeper recess to retain the oring. You can see one here (scroll down):
http://www.ausrotary.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=213405
Re: Cheap Thermostats
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:13 am
by A7RXY
Thanks Andy, I did chk the dims with one I found on another web site, so will wait until they are delivered and take some photos.
Dibs
Re: Cheap Thermostats
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:20 pm
by A7RXY
Hi All, this is what turned up today, it has 82 degrees C on the top.
Dibs

Re: Cheap Thermostats
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:54 pm
by TOOL
Just make sure it clears the outlet properly. If they sit too high, you won't get the outlet bolted down over the top of it correctly.
The FC outlet has more space over the top of the thermostat.
Don't use the rubber ring.
Re: Cheap Thermostats
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:58 pm
by A7RXY
Thanks Andy I'll chk it against the original one when I take it out. it's off the road from 1st Sept so I have plenty of time.
Dibs
Re: Cheap Thermostats
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 1:09 pm
by spirit r
A7RXY wrote:Thanks Andy I'll chk it against the original one when I take it out. it's off the road from 1st Sept so I have plenty of time.Dibs
Some picture from both so we can see the different!
Thomas