74 power wagon dream truck...

Phreakish said

Not uncommon to run hot when new until the rings seat. Lots more friction.

Also might be worth upping the idle timing. I've got a car that runs great at 12 but gets hot at idle (205-210, 180 tstat).At 22 (vacuum advance straight to manifold) it idles at 180 allll day. YMMV.

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I kinda had some of this running around in my mind.. thank you for confirming with your experience..:thumbsup:....
I really haven't drove drove the truck yet..
Still a dozen little things left to do. Work has been brutal lately and I have tickets to fly and see elderly relatives soon... So it could be easily another month before I'm driving this ..
Gotta give @halfafish more time to not owe me a cheeseburger...:poke::D...