Now that I am not so sleepy. My girlfriends step dad changed the pump. She drove it for 6 months no problems other than dead engine at stop lights. Not overheating. She parks it in the shop for 1 year, with occasional startups to keep the oil and all circulating. Now, we are moving 10 hours from here and am trying to get the car worthy(if it has to, otherwise the Dodge will tow the Ford,what is new). So, basically the car ran fine other than stalling occasionally. Since I fixed the stalling, I mean when you goose it and build 3 psi for 400 yards, it jumps to 7/8 hot, Not in the read, still a couple of needles off the red. Drive it easy, it goes back down, but still not in between the C and H . When I first dove into this project a week ago, It ran for a long time, idled, drove it in the long 1 mile drive to burn off the surface rust and all on the rotors.
It ran good and cold then, why hot now? The check engine light stays off for the most part with an occasional flash. Now, when this thing was getting on up there temp wise, I jumped out, the fan was off. This fan should run way sooner than it does. By the time the fan comes on, it is almost too late. The Antifreeze level is perfect and very clean.