Sorry for my newbish comments guys...

Good news though, Possibly closing on a house here in the next month (then getting married Nov.29th!) EESH gunna be a busy month...

But this house has TWO two car garages, one with 200 amp service to it! Should HOPEFULLY be able to get my truck into a garage and start working on it soon!

Bad news... taking the old water pump off, broke one of the bolts off inside the block

Bolt was rusted pretty bad and snapped flush with the block. Been sprayin it every couple days with WD40. Need to get a bolt extractor set then back to work.

Question... How worried would you be it you were to have pulled a water pump off and RUST fell out! I am not looking to tear this motor apart and do a full rebuild right now if at all possible... Would you feel confident in doing a good coolant flush?