WOW I own (for honey and I) a "1970" mini motorhome camper we call it a 69 built in 69 for model year 1970. It has a 302 with a c-4??? transmission it looks like a glorified van it is 18 feet in length. the only thing it does not have is air conditioning! I just hate driving it to a campsite getting plugged in but if we drive off disconnect everything and reconnect upon return. We have a vaca trip drive to make from central NJ to FLORIDA and ohhh how I'd LOVE to tow our 93 dodge shadow behind the camper!
The shadow can be though of as bordeline too heavy SO to compensate the extra heat build up of the ford engine and trans................I have driven vehicles with NO thermostat in the engine and watched the temperature gauge .............................well I have seen gauges not even register! SO all kinds of variables here: an engine requires some kind of heat for full horsepower and with NO thermostat "no engine heat no power??? BUT in the heat w ave and a car in tow wont the engine accumulate just enough heat but the gauge might still not register and with very little engine heat there is very little transmission heat for the trans to be destroyed. Hopefully I'm making sense: to avoid over heateing the engine and trans of this old Ford what about if I remove the thermostat?!
The shadow can be though of as bordeline too heavy SO to compensate the extra heat build up of the ford engine and trans................I have driven vehicles with NO thermostat in the engine and watched the temperature gauge .............................well I have seen gauges not even register! SO all kinds of variables here: an engine requires some kind of heat for full horsepower and with NO thermostat "no engine heat no power??? BUT in the heat w ave and a car in tow wont the engine accumulate just enough heat but the gauge might still not register and with very little engine heat there is very little transmission heat for the trans to be destroyed. Hopefully I'm making sense: to avoid over heateing the engine and trans of this old Ford what about if I remove the thermostat?!