blown head gasket, crankcase filled with coolant - 03/30/21 10:21 AM
have a 292 with about 20k since rebuild. heater core leaked, ran hot and a week later, developed a miss. had about a gallon of coolant in the oil and found a few copper specs in the filter. while i am certainly not anxious to rebuild it again, i would much rather do it now than in the middle of the season. pulling the head is more work than pulling the entire engine. i can remove the pan while engine is still in, plan to inspect a couple rods/mains but cant touch the cam bearings unless i pull the motor. looking for thoughts/advice on either milling the head and installing new bearings on without turning the crank or just bighting the bullet and take the entire engine to the machine shop with a bag of money.