Got the truck back togather last nite, Orig water pump, brushed and repainted, filled it with coolant and see the benefit of the air hole in thermo. after the thermo opened and all the air came out it setteled at 212. put a big shopfan in fromt of rad. checked timing and bumped it up a bit from the BB, revs nice and dosent pop when you hit the gas, went thru the valves and loosened all 1/2 flat. that dropped the temp to about 200 ???
filled the rad to about 2 in from the top . adj carb to idle around 600 rpm . no road test. thinking of swapping the flex fan for the orig x fan. may put shroud on my wish list. Thank to all for the help and support. No rain tonite I am off to the cruise.
