Coolant Flow in a Flathead motor

[36coupe3w]

Not trying to be dumb, but how does the radiator coolant flow in a 59 block? Does it go from the water pumps through the head to the upper part of the radiator to the bottom hoses back to the water pumps.
Thanks in Advance
Bill

[George/Maine]

It flows down to bottom into pump then to top.

[4dFord/SC]

The pumps move the cooler water from the bottom of the radiator into the the lower block. It is then forced up through block and exits at the heads to return to the radiator and repeat the cycle.

[G.M.]

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Originally Posted by 4dFord/SC

The pumps move the cooler water from the bottom of the radiator into the the lower block. It is then forced up through block and exits at the heads to return to the radiator and repeat the cycle.

Also the engine is divided into 2 separate cooling systems. The water in right and left sides of the block do not come in contact with each other in the block. The water is mixed only in the radiator. This is why the water temperature in the radiator is not good for problem finding. The only important temperature is on the head outlet below the hoses on 37 to 48 engines and on the hump on the front of the head right behind the water pumps on 32 to 36 engines. Both side should be within a few degrees of each other. G.M.