thermostats

antlr-king · Post by **antlr-king** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 5:46 pm

i tried to order 2 thermostats from marine parts source. they have been on back order for over 6 months. and the guy said he didnt know when or if he would get any.

know of any other place to try?

Post by **Moderator** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 6:26 pm

Did you Check with Bob at becon marine (trojan boats .net )

http://www.trojanboats.net/zencart/inde ... Path=85_90

antlr-king · Post by **antlr-king** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:39 pm

i did. dont think he has the right one. i found some at go2marine just a few min. ago. now on to the next part search...

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:46 pm

good luck

rossjo · Post by **rossjo** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 4:48 am

Aren't they just 140deg thermostats for a 318?

I bet the local NAPA has them ... mine has a lot of marine stuff. As someone else mentioned, sometime you have to find an old (as in age) parts guy who knows how to find a specific part based on his knowledge that the part might go in a certain 80s' truck or something.

The young guys .. yikes. I went into O'Reilly Auto Parts a while back and asked the kid for battery acid. He asked, "For what?"

jeeeeesh

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:39 am

NAPA and Car Quest are good ones the hit.

went Advance Auto asked if they carried 4D's and guess what I was shown .....you got a pack of 4 size D's

antlr-king · Post by **antlr-king** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 7:19 am

Car Quest has been very good at finding what i need. but they tried and couldnt find the thermostats for some reason. but all the electronic ignition parts. they found all those for me. now there getting together the 3 parts to the distributors. the one by me has a boat guy that works there.