I picked up a beater car and I suspect it has a cracked head. The coolant looks frothy and there is oil getting into the number 1 and 2 cylinders (plugs oily). It is vey little oil, but builds up as it sits. The car stutters at very low load as if compression was zig-zagging up and down. At full throttle it acts quite well with no noticable smoke (no noticable oil in coolant or vice versa).
How hard is it to pull the head and repair it? Is there a common crack point? I know this is a common problem. I'm more interested in knowing if it just a few hours to pull and JB weld the crack. My worry is, that being a Chevy, it is hard to do. It *looks* like a primitive engine, but Chevy has a tendency to put bolts and things at very hard to reach places.