Thanks, KILL. I can't even recall when we started this practice. Although to be fair, this car has only overheated twice in more than 10years and that was because a fan that broke down and the corroded pipe that broke off now. Not bad. It's old, but I love it's dependability.

I've a question about the coolant, once the radiator is installed, is this the correct procedure:
top off the radiator with the coolant mix, don't cap yet,
top off the reservoir with the coolant mix,
start the car, top off radiator and reservoir again to brim
then cover both.

correct?