All back together with water only for now. Running at a fast idle (love haveing a throttle cable on a vehicle again!) for over 30 minutes. The engine bay is drying up and I can't find any leaks. I do need a bit longer length of overflow tank hose. The outlet at the top tank is opposite where the orginal was (forward instead of back) and since it was cut to length for a back outlet, its almost a squeek short but dooable for now.
We went for two different 30 minute rides with a complete cool down between and I watched the cold/hot lights and the overflow tank level constantly...no issues, no leaks. I suspect I'll run it a few days on water only and then drain and refill again with coolant and some waterpump lube. It needs heater hoses (rad hoses are in fine shape/not needing replacement) so I'll change them after another flush and call the job done.
