head gasket leak

1998 Cruiser with ~160k miles. Starter went out and wouldn't engage. Pulled the intake manifold and found dried coolant slush at the block/head interface. :( Engine got hot about a year ago when a heater T broke but has been fine ever since. Starter failed due to corrosion from either sitting...

My good partner of 27 years may have to go. My 1997 80 had 265K when a head gasket leak caught me by surprise. A used engine was swapped in, and all was well until a few weeks ago, when an engine knock started. It seems impossible to find people willing to open up an old engine on a...