Fitted a new aluminium rad in my 97 3.9 +8 as it was running a bit hot and got there to quickly when I removed the thermostat housing to put a new one in there was no stat in there to start with ? , I’ve only had the mog for less than a year so no idea why the stat would be removed but it now runs better and temp is as it should be and the new 14” fan brings it down in traffic