I have read way to much about this... There should be a spot in the water pump that does the same thing already. I was having heat-soaking problems with my LS, so I tried everything, I am running one for redundancy. But the mechanical fan and large aluminum radiator did the trick for me.
Well, I wasn't so lucky. It was a sudden failure. I was wheeling and it snapped the weld and pushed forward as I dropped off this rock ledge. Dropped onto the bump stop and stuffed the tire into the wheel well so I couldn't turn. I was able to back up onto the ledge and push the shackle mount...
Cool of you to make a thread and keep us all in the loop on this truck! It was a big inspiration for me when I first got my 60! Keep up the good work! I'm glad you get out and use it too!