For anyone who is interested...I have found a few issues that was causing the excessive heat.
First, I pulled a windsor thermostat out of my Cleveland motor :/
Second, there were air pockets in the system. when i pulled the thermostat out, there was no fluid that came out.
COuld somebody tell me if I am looking at the cast block, or if this is the "plug" that the cleveland thermostat "hat" is supposed to seat on?
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