So we couldnt figure out where the coolant was going......well we know now. Its in the no 3 cylinder, I guess something happened to the block when it was being smogged. Wel some decisions need to be made, I have 1 block and 1 whole engine. I think that rebuild lesson I was going to teach myself is closer than I thought. Thanks for all your help, at least I know we were in the right direction, it fired up twice. Wish me luck on my new project!!

cjm

ps thanks Russell