Where've you been?

In bed with a cold/flu.  Got out on Sunday, though weak, and re-arranged the garage for work.  Put the van in sideways, so there's room above it to raise the rear end, and then laid out all the kit boxes on tables, ready to go.  I skipped SK-A (adapter) for now, and went to kit C (cooling), since I don't have an engine hoist yet.  SK-A requires some cutting at the bottom of the engine, which I can't do unless I suspend the engine somehow.  I should be able to pick up the loaner this week. 

Below are:   SK-C parts (the two O-rings are Ford OEM, since the engine came without the PLASTIC thermostat housing - almost $20 for the two of them!!), the thermostat, drilled with a 1/8" bleed hole per instructions, and the assembled thermostat housing.  The housing is a beautiful billet CNC-milled aluminum chunk, with chamfered edges to boot.  The last photo, poorly exposed, is the housing mounted to the engine.  Next, I'll either go back to SK-A, or start raising the van and draining things.