I've decided to go with option one also. My machinist friend looked at the eBay had last Friday to check it for flatness and pronounced it VERY FLA...

Here's the good valve (left) and bad valve (right) as a poster on the COG forum suggested that I show. The other two pictures show the total length of...

Thanks, Ben. I'm leaning towards your option 1 also. I belong to the Concours Owners Group (COG) and have been posting pictures and my dilemma on thei...

Sorry, I forgot to say that the picture of the keepers is not 3 keepers, but one of them is broken into 2 pieces.

Okay guys, if you're still sticking with me on this post, some more interesting stuff today. My valve spring compression tool came today so I was able...

Miles - Thanks for the good info. I definitely agree with trusting my existing head. I've decided that if the existing head is good or if I use the eB...

Miles - I may still do what you suggest. The used head that I bought was only $159 and it included the whole valve train, camshafts, the valve cover, ...

Finally got my head off today. As you can see by the pictures, I think it's either a sucked valve or a badly damaged valve seat. My valve spring compr...

I'd take that every day over the cold. Cold makes me hurt. Heat just makes me uncomfortable as long as I can hydrate. 47 degrees in Illinois right now...

I envy your heated shop, but I certainly don't envy the much colder weather you have. The older I get the closer I come to becoming a Florida snow bir...

Yes, I wear pretty heavy nitrile gloves and they help some, but those wrenches and ratchets still feel like blocks of ice with the temps we have been ...

I'm in the process of taking the head off, but keep getting interrupted or running out of time. Plus it's not very comfortable here in Northern Illino...