Quote Originally Posted by RareGMFan View Post
New hoses are not expensive, and certainly not a bad idea given the age of these cars. You can grab a junkyard radiator pretty cheap, of find someone selling them on one of the GP/w-body related message boards. I would do those first regardless, because even if the radiator itself isn't causing the majority of your problems, I would not be comfortable with all that crap the previous owner had running through the cooling system. I wouldn't want it to find its way back into the replacement motor where you CAN'T do anything about it without some serious headaches and money, where as right now, it's isolated, so you can eliminate that possibility simply by replacing the hoses and radiator.
Thanks! I think i will deff be relacing the hoses and rad. Even though it may not be the problem it wont hurt to eliminate any possiblities. I appreciate the help.