Well maybe it wasn't the tstat.
Still has little to no reading.
And now I have a small leak at the tstat housing.
I didn't do it the completely RIGHT way, I just opened the
housing and let the coolant flow into a bus tub under the
car. I used the gasket from the other tstat as it looked
pretty good.
I took everything apart twice (once to replace and once to see if I seated
the stat wrong resulting in the leak) and used 2 gallons of coolant.
The leak is itty bitty. I may leave it for a few days.
So on the housing of my car AND the 79 there is a small squat cylinder
with a wire coming out of it. What's that?
Thanks!