DStaack

Sorry just saw this message. Been a year since i logged on the computer. I ruptured 2 disc in my lower back and spent most of the past year in and out of the VA. I still have the motor just getting around to hoping to pull it today or tomorrow and start the rebuild process. Why you ask about the motor you trying to find parts?

This information has been a great help to me. I started to pull my water pump a few days ago as the pump was leaking pretty significantly. I learned I have a internal bypass and that the previous owner had closed the bypass on the water pump side but left open the pump on the block side. The internal bypass is filled with a lot of crap and as I started to clear it out I am realizing that I will most likely need to pull the head to make sure all the dirt and such isn't a bigger issue. My question is more to clarify that I understand what is being said. The internal is the better way to go from what I understand but if I can't clear all the crap out of it and go to a external I need to make sure to close the internal bypass on both sides and then just purchase the stuff to switch to a external bypass? This is what was running on the truck previously as they had close the pump side and just ran a hose from the top of the water pump to the heater control in the rear of the block. Is there anything i should do concerning the corrosion in the block or the amount of crud in other parts of the motor. I added a few pictures to let you have an idea of what I am looking at.