thanks stuart..........i have everything running nice now.....then i took the truck out for a spin and came back after the test run and of course there always has to be something wrong......i saw a few drops of coolant under the water pump then i cranked it up again and saw coolant coming out the shaft on the water pump.........a 2 mile drive there was about a teaspoon of coolant on crossmember.......thanks again i think you are right..........i will have to replace it........

butch