Overheating...was it radiator sealer?

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After getting home last night, I dove under the car and removed one of the transmission coolers, bypassed the radiator and moved the other cooler to the bottom of the radiator. I also summarily ripped 3 more holes into the radiator when removing those silly pass-through zipties so I added some of that aluminum sealer, ran it till the new leaks stopped, flushed, added the flush, ran for 1/2 an hour, flushed, flushed again and filled it back up. Then I bled the brakes, Touched up the paint, waxed it and collapsed before I could test it.

The ford transmission folks at network 54 seem to think that 150 degrees is a happy place for the AOD to be.

http://www.network54.com/Forum/260730

Exactly how much fluid is in the block compared to the radiator? I would flush the radiator out then stop the motor and WHOOSH a ton of fluid would gush out of radiator....dirty fluid even though the radiator was clear water. I also notice that when I stop the motor....there is a loud TICK about 3-5 seconds later from the front and then I hear water rushing inside the engine. Are thermostats supposed to click?