my cold can't compare to your cold, and I think your dog is having an affair with the energizer bunny. Beautiful dog from what I can see, is he a dalmation? I love those Dals, but they are dam sure hyperactive.

Well, trying again this weekend to make good on my original post.

Pulled the wheels from the Chief and had new rubber mounted, and put them back on. Not on the list I know, but at least I have been busy?

I have the radiator mounted, and having trouble finding hoses to make it go.

Got the oil cooler mounted, havn't run the hoses yet. Mounted it off the front frame cross member, it hangs down a couple inches below the front bumper. I think it will work well there, but it needs a stone guard. The truck is stock height so the cooler has plenty of room to survive parking blocks and other such obstacles. To mount the cooler, I used some galvanized 1/4X1/2 bar stock I pulled from a piece of rolled chain link fence which has been sitting in the back yard for ... ever... when ya need some metal, it's origin don' matter.

The oil cooler instruction sheet shows that it should be mounted directly to the radiator, but I have a problem with that: I am fighting an overheating problem and don't see how having the two in tandem can help my situation. If the cooler is in front of the radiator, then the radiator is catching the heat from the cooler, AND the cooler is restricting airflow to the radiator. If mounted behind the radiator, then the cooler is catching the heat from the radiator.

With the location of the cooler below the bumper, it is catching cool air so should be most efficient. If I continue to have overheating trouble, I can mount fans to the cooler. Looks like the oil filter adapter has a bimetal cutoff valve for ( assumably ) cold weather, so over-cooling should not be a problem.

In anticipation of getting hoses, have flushed the block. Was quite surprised at how much gunk was in there, as I have always kept glycol in, at the appropriate amounts.