Well I had a few minutes in between all the other stuff going on and heres what I came up with so far. I did a low tech flow check by removing the lower hose and running the garden hose in the top of the radiator, and water came out the bottom as fast as I could put it in the top. I realize this doesn't eliminate the possibility of a flow problem. Then I drilled an 1/8 inch hole in the
t-stat, put everything back together and fired it up. In about 12 minutes at a fast idle it had reached 200 degrees so I shut it down. I am going to try removing the stat and tring to release any trapped air from a plug on the t-stat housing next. The machine shop questioned the water pump, even though its brand new and suggested having he radiator flow checked. I will keep you all posted and thanks again for all your help.Bill
