[lynnedon]

any ideas on why the temp guage would come all the way to hot but rad and hoses are cool     motor is not hot

[NMKawierider]

Double check that the coolant is full and you do have flow first. If so then either the temp sensor is faulty or the lead to that sensor has a short..ie has grounded somewhere.

[Cosmosdan]

If it has run for a bit the hoses should be pretty warm. If not you might have a flow problem.