Blown head gasket sounds likely. It has become much harder to start than a few days ago. When researching this before I posted, I found some refrences to hard starting after a blown head gasket. I'll see if I can coax it the 3 miles to autozone for the radiator test. Otherwise I'll order gaskets, thermostat, and radiator cap from swedish treasures. And If I'm doing the work of pulling the head anyway, I might as well get a new water pump too. Its just $40 and there's no telling how long the old one has been on there.

I'll let ya'll know how the pressure test goes.

Thanks again,
Robert