Joey Tribiani wrote:
> "Cletus" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>
>>Ok you guys have finally talked me into using the thermo and flaps,
>>after 20 years of not having them at all,( I also drank the Koolaid
>>about the svda,and that worked out well) this car i bought has them
>>still installed, so i get the fan shroud back on and etc but no matter
>>how low i get the "bellows" mounted they arent closing the flaps all
>>the way, the rod moves freely without the thermo screwed to it, I put
>>marks on the fan shroud and the connecting rod in front (of car) so i
>>could tell if it opens and closes all the way and at dead cold it only
>>closes the flaps about half way. is it procedure to bend the rod more
>>to get them to close or is that enough to insure proper heat
>>distribution for warmup? I still have the eng here in garage, so i
>>can adjust anything, but I wanna take her for a drive! so any help is
>>appreciated!!!
>>
>
>
> you can bend the arm on the lead flap that the rod connects to.... but when
> you get in to that the single most important thing to make sure of is, when
> the thermostat is at the top of the bracket(fully extended) the flaps are
> completely open....
>
>


You beat me to it Joey
Yea, fully open when needed is more important than fully closed when cold.

Jan