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[destin]

Holy craptola man, be careful. A properly running engine will still cause a hot gusher of coolant if the pressure is released at the radiator cap.

I'd say stuck thermostat, even if new (what temp thermo?). Your rad is cool, so no hot water is getting to it (top hose). Even if the water pump was bad (which it still might be), there would be some circulation into the rad eventually, unless you didn't run it for that long (but it sounds like you did). Of course we're assuming the hoses are connected properly (kind of hard not to do).

Did you properly "burp" the coolant system (run with the rad cap off until you see coolant bubbling and/or overflowing, shouldn't last long but you need to get the air out of the system. Do you have a heater w/hoses? That needs to be bled too.

ok disconnected s*** and tapped on the gauge/ sender unit and reconnected ( tapped on the gauge because it still read hot after sitting for 3 hours ) and s***e is all reading fine now thanks goodness )

Down side is something is still funky in the fuel delivery, i mean points are gapped right, dwell is good, timing is right, but damn if it does not stumble and bucks under acceleration in spots, I has to be the carb right?
Gonna have mark rebuild another for me.

maybe a pin hole leak in the fuel line causing air to get in?

gonna put in a new fuel pump as a precaution as well...

I really want to figure this out, driving me insane haha

Oh I have the mixture screw like 5 screws out, which is prolly to rich, but anything else causes it to buck/ stumble all weird at low rpms... has to be the car right>?