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Chilo, our elderly dad rebuilt my 351C. It was the last engine he did before he passed away. When I started it, I had problems with overheating too. I changed the electric fan, went to a larger aluminum radiator, replumbed the water lines so that air would not be standing in the heads and water would be flowing more freely, checked for that all important brass ring which was right were it should have been, put on a fancy-dancy high volume water pump and changed thermostats--maybe a couple of times. Nothing worked. Finally I pulled the heads and found a head gasket on backwards. It is not hard to do on the Clevelands. I am not suggesting that this is your problem but I can sure tell you from being on the wrong side of an expensive learning curve that it can happen. Ha!! Hope you solve the problem with an quick and easy and cheap fix.
Rick
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