is the "overheating" seen only in the gauge, or is the rad actually blowing off? if it's the gauge, it isn't necessarily overheating - when the gauge shows alla way to h, take yer candy thermometer and poke it in the rad to see the real temp - may just be a bad gauge or sender

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics