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Thank you for the correction, Techno1154. On my guage, if I'm not driving, I -usually- hear it kick in "a bit" after 200. So "after 210" makes sense. Late-spring this year, I had some over-heating (pulling a trailer, and/or long, lower-gear, high-RPM runs on hills.) Then I noticed my...

Magus, Pardon my silly question, but I don't this mentioned or asked... Do you know that your auxilliary (electric) cooling fan is coming on at about 200-210-deg ? Conrad (Sorry about the duplicate. I can't figure out how to Delete it.)

Magus, Pardon my silly question, but I don't see this mentioned or asked... Do you know that the auxilliary (electric) cooling fan is coming 'on' when the Temp gets up to about 200-210-deg? Conrad

Quite correct, Mike. It comes down to individual choice. Based on my Forum reading, I had cut the wires (saved the pigtails) and through-connected the harness wires (eliminating the resistor.) But, I decided to put the resistor back in the circuit to (maybe) increase the fuel pump life. Will...

------------------------------ Cruiser54's write-up is GOOD !! It helped me A LOT !! I'm concerned about your 3.1-Ohms reading on the resistor. I just went through similar trouble with my ('89 / 242 cid / 5-speed manual). Autozone's part # 8214 (for '89 and '88) description says 0.8-Ohms...