Well, I got to work on her today. I bypassed the heater like Anthony suggested and completely flushed/ cleaned out the coolant system ( it was DIRTY). I'll be adding coolant in the morning and taking her out again by noon time.
I managed to do all of that without severely burning myself either. that's always a plus. lol
The only thing that I didn't get done was pulling off the heater completely. I think I found the two bolts that are in the fire-wall, but I can't figure out how to get them loose. They are screwed into a square bolt mount, and I have no way of turning them. Ah well, it was all fun!
Thanks for your help guys, I think I learned a bit more useful info about engines today
Jon