my /6 runs hot

Good call on the lower radiator hose 8-) I forgot all about that problem.
An infrared thermometer will tell the story for sure :coffee2:
I did a flush on a chebby truck for a friend and we found pieces of radiator hose in the coolant and I bet you 10 to 1 it was plugging the thermostat and the coolant vanes in the radiator 8-)

Back then, there was no such animal as a infrared thermometer and it was hard to figure out because the hose looked perfect.