Wow, I think this is the first time anyone remembered I made that suggestion a few years back!  I filled the stock radiator through the bleeder hole (yeah, its small, but with a funnel and some plastic tubing it can be done)  It worked well the one time I tried it.

Bill

>I just installed my new SA Radiator i bought from Bus
>Depot. Now Im ready to fill with coolant. I remember
>someone saying he filled up radiator with coolant thru
>the bleeder screw hole and/or the thermoswitch hole.
>Said that this way it gets most of air bubbles out
>before the doing the big bleed festival.