Alright I'll head over to my napa and get a new starter as the one in there is definitely not that one or that size, i tried to post the photos i took of the reman starter in the truck but it kept saying faild to upload. The part number is scratched off the only thing still legible is the M3T but I know for sure the second digit after the M3T is a 2 but it's the wrong starter so whatever. I have not pulled the Tstat housing as I don't have a gasket for it yet but I will when I pull the rad out to replace it, all I know is that it's a fail safe Stat and 2 or less months old based on the receipts I got. The PO said that replacing the Tstat did not change anything with the cooling issues, so my guess is for the time being it's working properly whether or not it's installed in the correct orientation is a different story. Pulling the rad cap and looking in the rad I can see goo and A LOT of stop leak in the visible fins, I'm gonna put a test tank on the hoses and run the water pump with my milwaukee and dump some coolant flush in there, maybe some ascorbic acid and see what I knock loose before I put my new rad in