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    1996 Cobra overheating fix? not your usual question

    well, finally took it for a drive into town. what used to cause the temp gauge to go slightly right of the L in NORMAL (basically driving really slow in 1st in our neighborhood) is now only in the R in NORMAL. per the SCT, the R is about 202-204F actual temp. gonna call it case...
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    1996 Cobra overheating fix? not your usual question

    true. so you did bring up some points about temps etc and wanted to see what you think about my situation. in a nutshell, within a 2 hr radius, i could be anywhere from 5000 ft to 11000 ft elevation. i know that boiling point of water is considerably less here at the house (8800ft). how...
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    1996 Cobra overheating fix? not your usual question

    no offense but the Ford engineers also designed the A/C condenser with too many fins per inch which caused the overheating issues in the 96 and they had to issue a TSB to fix it.
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    1996 Cobra overheating fix? not your usual question

    @decipha here's the document from Reische about fan temps and the 170F t-stat if you care to check it out
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    1996 Cobra overheating fix? not your usual question

    i'm gonna follow the advice of reische and lower the fan temps to what he recommends. thanks for the comment though.
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    1996 Cobra overheating fix? not your usual question

    sorry 2000 rpm and it never got above N in the Normal guage in dash
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    1996 Cobra overheating fix? not your usual question

    yes sir. i mixed up probably 60/40 by eyeball and added the water wetter too. also followed the burp procedure on reische website. just running at 2k sitting in the driveway, data logger only got up to 140//f
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    1996 Cobra overheating fix? not your usual question

    well, as hopefully a final update, here we go. 96 cobra. replaced A/C condenser with 97 model. all A/C intact and functioning. replaced 160F t-stat that I installed with a 170F Reische. bought a SCT tuner. reset fan temps to what Joel recommends. test drive Thursday. snow Friday.
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    Anyone ever been to Maldives?

    depends how much time ya got. i'd say at a minimum, tahiti (you have to fly into papeete anyway), moorea (ferry from papeete) and bora bora (fly from papeete). there are outlying islands too if you have time. fiji (only been thru airport) is it's own destination in my opinion
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    Anyone ever been to Maldives?

    here's the one on bora bora: http://www.villamahana.com/
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    1996 Cobra overheating fix? not your usual question

    that was a great post. the pics helped alot. i'm gonna see what the reiche does and probably still end up doing the same mod. i like that switch that you put in.
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    Anyone ever been to Maldives?

    very cool! are you eating any meals off the ship? if so, i'll look up a place on bora bora that is still one of our top 5 meals ever. and the wife will love it, it's pretty romantic and not many tables. good brownie points for ya! lol if you like eating meat, if you happen to see...
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    Anyone ever been to Maldives?

    direct flights from LAX on air france and air tahiti nui. and it's only like 5/6 hour flight. there are some farther away islands in tahiti where you can kinda go full on robinson crusoe and have the whole place to yourselves with just a caretaker/chef/host.
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    Anyone ever been to Maldives?

    it was awesome! are you going to any other islands? we took the ferry to moorea. then flew to bora bora. there are some islands that are much farther away and much smaller. food was great. a mix of french and island/seafood stuff. an overwater bungalow is really cool too. glass...
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    Anyone ever been to Maldives?

    have you guys looked at flights to the maldives? just curious how most people get there. doesn't Emirates fly there?

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