So where to start on such a project?   As I mentioned last entry I had purchased a 1974 Comet for the engine which the car and engine only had 63000 miles registered to it.  I made it home from Regina as far as Virden when the rad hose blew spewing black Bars Leak all over the place.  Whey would it have this crap in the radiator?  I suspected that the water pump which had a bad bearing and was slightly leaking was the culprit.  I flushed the entire system with vast quantity of water and ran  the engine until the fluid coming out of the rad hose was mostly clear.  I  then began the job of getting the motor running properly before taking out of the  Comet.  After that I could steam clean, paint and detail it before installing into the Econoline.  After the new water pump was installed and a fresh oil change done I was off to the races driving the Comet to make sure it was good to go.  A few days later the car began misfiring badly.  We removed the valve covers to reveal that a push rod had dislodged from the rocker arm and that cylinder was no longer functioning properly thus causing the misfire.  A couple of the valves were sticking in the head.  This car had apparently sat in a barn for many years before the last owner did some work to it including plugs, wires, points, coil, Bars Leak,  etc.  The head had to come off to be fixed.  This included replacing guides and cutting valve seats as well as replacing valves.  Off to the machine shop it went and when it was done we put it back on with a new head gasket and buttoned it all up again.  Fresh antifreeze was put in to replace the water we had in it to flush.  The motor started up right away but now there five small streams of antifreeze pushing out of the head in equal intervals.  Did I forget how to install a head?  Did I torque the bolts correctly?  Off came the head again to check for how level the surface was with a straight edge.  We even measured the block with a quick check with straight edge but the areas where the cooling ports met the head were lower than the rest of the block.  Someone had replaced the head gasket before I purchased this vehicle and they had used an abrasive material to clean the water port area before installing.  Whatever they used took too much material off of the plane of the block so now the block surface was warped.  This is how a small job turns into a much bigger job.  The engine now had to come out, the oil pan removed, the front cover and timing chain removed,  and the crank removed so that the block could be set flat on the floor to allow the planing machine to do its magic on the block.  Oh well, now it has a new timing chain set with new gaskets all around and the new water pump that was installed earlier.  It should be good to go so now on with the steam cleaning, prepping and painting before installing.  So now that the work is done I will not know if it is good until it is installed and running.  Here’s hoping!