'34 Over-Heating

mike42

mike42

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Morning.....

A friend of mine recently purchased a '34 Roadster. He is having an over-heating problem and I was wondering if there is an inherent problem with the '34's doing this.

I want to say I read it somewhere on here, but can't remember the story.

Thx......Mike
 
NO, Overheating is not something that you have to take for granted.
There will be a reason for it. There are several things that will cause it, a dirty radiator is , probably, the most common.
It might take an experienced hand to sort it out.
MIKE :) (mikeburch)
 
33-34's... Does this imply there might be some that DON'T overheat?
My experience has been as posted above - ie, partially plugged radiator.
My engine NEVER overheated, as long as there was coolant in it. Problem was, it would throw water out the overflow - radiator would not flow enough. Pressure valve helps some, too.
 
I haven't been around long enough to know but I would suspect that when these fords rolled out of the dealership on a 90-100 degree day they didn't overheat. To me, that says that the original design was adequate for cooling. After 80 years of service, I can understand that things aren't working as good as they did back then. Hell, Henry had no idea that his vehicles would be around for 100 years. Overheating is a symptom of some other problem. Clogged radiator, worn out water pumps, water jackets full of crap. If these components were reconditioned back to the state that they were in when they were new there would be no problems. 90 degrees in 1935 is the same as 90 degrees today. My overheating problem originated in the distributor...solve the cause and not they symptom.
 
Don't forget when these cars were new most people didn't drive very far like today.
Plus there wasn't much traffic, very few traffic lights and no global warming. In the late 40's I remember my 35 coupe and others running fairly hot but hot in those days was
when they boiled over once in a while. My guess NOW is the water was lost out the over flow and not replaced until it made steam. G.M.
 
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