Mopar1973Man

@Mace would you do a complete article please? I'll give a 10 dollar credit to your account! Im still trying to get stuff cleared out of my yard to eventually have a shop again. Im will to pay people for good articles.

If your using oversized tires use the standard box. Smaller tires like 31 inch and less you can use the quick ratio like I did. Oversized tires put too much stress on a quick ratio and failure of the box is more common. Bluetop was my pick back in the day being he was making the parts for Redhead steering. Still have my bluetop but needs a bit snuggling up soon.

The two new radiators ive got have just a threaded plug now. Ive not seen a peacock style drain in awhile. Ive use nitrile o-rings out of my HVAC kit in the past for that repair. Little tricky to remove but the o-rings are easy to replace.

Another tip. Always remove the thermostat from the head. This allows for a complete refill of the block and head space, so there are no hot spots or trapped air bubbles. Always drive the truck till the thermostat opens and then closes again by seeing the temperature of the coolant rise above the set point of the thermostat at least 10*F more. Then it should drop sharply to just below the closing temperature. This should purge the remaining air from the system. Just check the coolant level in the morning after it has completely cooled off again.

TIP When the coolant exceeds 225°F the cluster will slam the needle to 240°F and trip the check gages light and chime. Since you never seen the Check Gages light you are fine. No worse I was out a few years ago firewood cutting. Lost all the power steering fluid. I had ATF+4 in my toolbox I refilled with ATF+4 and finished the day and came home to flush that all out again. 504k miles still going. Being out of a fluid is bad but replace with the wrong fluid can be better than no fluid at all. Just choose wisely.