---OK,
Thanks for all the responses to this, but everyone is pointing me to the
radiator bleeder on the top passenger side of the front radiator.

So the question remains:  is there a thermostat bypass valve (a way to open
the thermostat manually, with the engine cold)??

I know about the radiator bleeder already mentioned, and the bleeder on TOP
of the thermostat, which seems to function the same as the front bleeder,
i.e. open a little, watch until clear stream of coolant comes out.

Dennis, you out there?  Help us out here...
tx,
bmc  :)
"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."

"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."