Yes it starts to open at 180 but is not fully open till 192 where the 180 is completely open at 180.

 

From RAVE:
Thermostat operating temperature:
⇒ Initial opening
82 °C (179 °F)
⇒ Fully open
96 °C (204 °F)

 

Yes it a direct swop, plug and play, just make sure you bleed the system as per the RAVE

 

Any help on where to purchase these 180 soft springs thermostat?
Looks like lucky 8 is back ordered and the motorad version is a 180 but no idea if it is a soft spring.
Thanks, ken

 

I ordered my from Rimmer Bros of England. Took about four days and was LandRover part. Forgot the part number, but I did post the number a while ago.

 

I used amazon. Motorad 439-180. I think it was about 30$. Brought temps down a good 10 degrees.

 

oreilly auto parts got mine for me and they price matched lucky 8... mine runs cool, like I said before 188 hwy 194 in a drive through

 

Don't order if from the part monster , Amazon is a good deal. Justin is to pricey on his stuff, double what it is on Amazon for the same part.

 

I got mine off of amazon from the parts monster. I think i read on here somewhere that they have sent the wrong Tstat before but mine was spot on.

 

Interestingly enough...

I ordered from the part monster, but they were slow to ship and I ended up having to track one down locally as I was on a schedule of sorts. I found a warehouse in Brooklyn that had one in stock, scooped it up, and was on my merry way.

The Part Monster one showed up a few days later... from the same warehouse in Brooklyn. Imagine that.

Slow shipping aside, they were good to deal with in person, the parts manager is a Land Rover owner, and actually makes it a point to stock tons of OEM LR inventory for the local shops that do LR work and can't wait on the dealer to get parts.