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Originally Posted by camerjeff
I always have installed the thermostat in the bypass housing on a 66-68 OHC-6 engine, the purpose of the bypass housing is to have a small flow of coolant bypass the thermostat and keep some fluid moving at all times, Putting it before the bypass housing defeats the purpose I think. I have always thought the illistration was wrong in the manual.
But who knows I may have done it wrong for 40 years!
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I thought the same thing.
What good does the bypass do if it's "after" the thermostat?
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