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If you have some tools and about 3-4 days it’s not that bad. There a couple post that I responded to about his, you could do a search under my name and see what comes up. Also some good guidelines within SCCOA on how to do it.
If your sure that you have not mixed coolant with your oil it’s not a bad job. If your oil is a creamy color, hopefully you have not run it long like that. At least it needs a good flushing, at worst new bearings and that’s’ different ball game. The lower end of an SC is very tough and if taken care of will last for hundreds of thousands of miles.
If your SC has never had the Head Gaskets done.
HG you will need:
Fel-pro upper end gasket kit. About $160
ARP head studs with their grease. (do not reuse your head bolts/ studs they are one time use only) About $100
Good time to change over to solid motor mounts ($60) also, save you allot of time with the front of the motor off. Can do them while your heads are being reworked.
Have your heads Pressure Checked! Surfaced and a valve job done. Should take about 2 days if you line it up before hand. About $250
IC seal kit $20
New plugs $38
New thermostat $10
Label your vac. hoses and connectors.
Specialty tools can be rented for free at Pep Boys or Autozone. Will need it for removing power steering pump.
So for around $700 (These prices are off the top of my head) you can have the whole top end done and last for a good long time and know what you have. You can do it cheaper by just replacing the gaskets and doing the head work. But the other stuff is so easy when you have it tore down.
So a search and you will up with alot of tips and short cuts. You can get some good pricing at Spinning Wheels SC and other dealers on SCCOA.
Take you time, you cannot get into a hurry with these cars.
Just my two cents worth.
Flip