Bongo Fury

If anyone has an old thermostat that they could send to me, I would greatly appreciate it.
I am currently doing a rather in-depth study of what is proving to be a superb piece of engineering.
I have built a rig to do heat tests on my own stat and I only have one (new) stat left.
It may be interesting to get some results from other folks stats, especially if the history/type of vehicle, etc were known.

hi Steve,

I still have my 'spare' from my diesel days - never used other than to boil it once when checking out earlier attempts at doing what you are doing so successfully - but are you looking for used ones

I was going to keep it for swaps but haven't found anything I need yet - but more than happy to donate it in the name of science.

I could pop it in the post if you want it.

I'd be happy to donate it to someone that wants to renew theirs and then they could send you their old one.

Regards Grahame

Grahame at work wrote:hi Steve,

I still have my 'spare' from my diesel days - never used other than to boil it once when checking out earlier attempts at doing what you are doing so successfully - but are you looking for used ones

I was going to keep it for swaps but haven't found anything I need yet - but more than happy to donate it in the name of science.

I could pop it in the post if you want it.

I'd be happy to donate it to someone that wants to renew theirs and then they could send you their old one.

Regards Grahame

New, used, failed, - any.
Not quite sure what comparison will throw up or indeed precisely what I am doing apart from producing records.
The rough test I did recently was on an old stat of unknown history.
The one I am currently conducting (when the boss has gone to bed cos she has a pan exactly the size I want - she'll never know) is on a new stat.
Plan is to have several runs at it to see if its consistent.
The more stats I can check, the more meaningfull the experiment. If stats have a known history, particularly stats that have 'failed', then the data will start to form a pattern. (I hope)

As far as your kind offer of a donation is concerned, thank you very much. If no one takes you up on the 'free home' offer, then I'll take it.
I think all the hacking and carving has been done now, so you might even get it back in one piece.

I think I can possibly sort you out with a couple. We've recently changed hoses, stats etc. on both of ours. The old stats will probably still lurking about in the garage. I'll have a look tomorrow and let you know.

Cheers

Toni

tonic wrote:I think I can possibly sort you out with a couple. We've recently changed hoses, stats etc. on both of ours. The old stats will probably still lurking about in the garage. I'll have a look tomorrow and let you know.

Cheers

Toni

Thanks

Not a million miles away either