Running HOT!

[Mr_Dib]

Hi guys!

Been working my way through my 71 panel, replaced cracked heads, set all my clearances, new points, leads, plugs & coil... But he was still running hot (hot dipstick & also very hot inlet manifolds)

Did 50 miles on a hot day and it maintained temp, just a hotter than 'normal' (on other people's busses)

Thought it might be the oil cooler, changed that, still hot, so now I'm wondering if its
A, the generator/fan (on the last engine pull I noticed the didn't seem to be perfectly seated, there might be some friction on the fan, possibly?
B I've got an aftermarket exhaust on there and the previous ovner has butchered up the tinware to get it in... There's quite a lot of bare pipe work with the exhaust box virtually outside of the body, could it just be a whole lot of heat from this?
C I'm missing the rear lower 1/4 sections of tinware but can this really make a difference?

Has anyone had problems similar to this? Really thought the oil cooler would solve it ... Am I overlooking something obvious?

Cheers for your help with this one!
Dibs

 

[BJ1]

Move this to technical mate and you should get some replies

 

[Toad]

Every piece of tinware is there for a reason. If parts are missing/cut the cooling system will not work correctly.

 

[Mr_Dib]

Thanks guys, post moved & yes need to get all correct tinware in there, just concerned its a deeper issue. Cheers for the advice.