Stag head Removal Part 2

It was good to talk with you the other day & thanks again for your assistance regarding the removal of my Stag cylinder heads. As discussed, I received a lot of helpful advice from other members of the Triumph Stag Register and would be grateful if you could pass on my thanks. The bad news is however that I have been advised by Headworks in Murumbeena that my heads are not worth repairing. Headworks were recommended to me by Graeme Oxley and have experience with Stag Heads so I accept their advice & am consequently in search of a pair of heads which is proving very challenging. If you could pass on the following message to Register members that would be great. I just wanted to say thanks to all the members who offered me advice & assistance in relation to the removal of my Stag heads. I managed to remove the right head without too many issues after soaking it heaps with a mix of auto trans fluid & acetone. The left head proved more difficult & I broke 2 studs. I then contacted [name] Cook in Cairns who had earlier advised me that he has a head lifter which he hires out. He couriered this to me from Cairns & in the meantime I continued to soak the studs. When the lifter arrived I got straight to work & soon had the second head removed. The bad news is however that I have been advised due to damage from a dropped valve seat, loose valve guides, previous poor repairs & more the heads are not worth repairing and so am in search of replacements which is proving very challenging. If anyone can help me further with this it would be greatly appreciated. Rob

John T.: It’s a terribly hard feeling to have heads that can’t be used. I know the feeling. I have a rack full of heads but they are all in the same boat. I bought old manual gearbox Stags full of rust to get the manual boxes and heads. I was lucky with the gearboxes but not lucky with heads. Too many bad repairs and quick fixes. Gearboxes were fully restored and happily are ‘tight and quiet’. Ultimately, I bought 1 x Millenium heads from the UK at a very great cost. I bought the last single head available and another single head with the exact same specification (head height and without aluminium decay). This head was being saved by the seller from a car that had done little work many years before. I was very lucky. But my wallet copped a hiding ($10,000 for the two heads landed in Australia ! ) but I couldn’t be happier. John