Did you remove the coolant diverters from the block cuz they’re not in place. There’s two rubber strips per side that push into the water jacket to force the coolant to circulate around the cylinders and not just directly from the inlet to outlet. If those aren’t there it’s guaranteed to have overheated. You could pull the intake port covers off to see the rings and piston skirts from the side also.
There were two gasket with multiple ports between the cylinder head and cooling head. Also, I took the thermostat/hoses off. Is that what you're referring too? Thanks by the way.
Did you remove the coolant diverters from the block cuz they’re not in place. There’s two rubber strips per side that push into the water jacket to force the coolant to circulate around the cylinders and not just directly from the inlet to outlet. If those aren’t there it’s guaranteed to have overheated. You could pull the intake port covers off to see the rings and piston skirts from the side also.
There were two gasket with multiple ports between the cylinder head and cooling head. Also, I took the thermostat/hoses off. Is that what you're referring too? Thanks by the way.