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I have a 1937 21 stud (pump in block) V8, with '42 V8 radiator hoses. How the heck do you keep the stant type thermostats from being pushed up into the radiator hoses? I searched around on here, as well as Jalopy journal, and could not find any real answers, except one guy that tied thin copper wire to his stat, and ran the wire down the hose neck so it got pinched by the hose clamp.


I am not interested in the bellows type that goes in the upper hose area. There has to be a solution that people have been using. The only thing I can think of is a hose clamp above the stat, but I have not seen that on cars here. Ideas?