Then I have been waiting to get this part of the engine, the head. Before I even start cleaning the head up, I noticed that the cooling tubes for the head were not as they should be. Some were sitting just as they should and others nearly flush and not good enough to seal using the "O" rings. So went into the shed and dragged out some copper tube and made the decision to remove all the old ones and fit all new ones with a bit of Stag Jointing Paste, love this stuff. So I cleaned up the old copper pipe and collapsed the original brass tubes, cleaned the holes and knocked the new tubes into place. Then I went looking for the taps and dies to clean up the threads for the head. It is 3/4" UNC and that's exactly what was the largest size in that box. I ran the taps through the nuts and they cleaned up nicely but I did not have a die nut only the round die so an improvisation was called for. So instead of a die nut you have a nut using a die. I started the die by hand then placed the 2 screw drivers into the holes and used my big long screw driver to turn the others around while holding the handles tightly together. It was quite easy as it only had to remove rust not cut a new thread. Now the nuts wind on all the way by hand, yippee.
I don't know why, but I feel as if it is really moving along right now.