Hello again fellow forum readers and contributors. My head/cylinder is still doing a terrific impression of one lump of infinitely inseperable metal. Firm in it’s resolve to make my life as short and miserable as possible.
I am not too comfortable in the welding solution for fear of ending up with a bigger lump of trouble. Mig welding is the extent of my talent in that area. Cutting through all the studs seems reasonable but still have the problem of drilling out studs from cylinder and pressing out studs from head as well as copper water pipe renewal. Then of course having someone ship over new studs etc. I have tried attacking each stud individually to loosen with two nuts but studs are terrified of leaving their appointed holes. I have tried a terrific solution that cleans things up very well but cannot get at the aluminum oxide. Frees up a lot of corroded material ,stuck rings etc., but not this. At present it is in the hands of a gentleman specializing in ultrasonic cleaning. I have doubts about this method but have run out of most options I am comfortable with. I forsee in the not too distant future, me packaging it up and sending the *&?%$ thing back where it came from. To someone with a lot more knowledge and experience in these matters. Are you there Mr. Moss. I am in no hurry as the riding season is quickly coming to an end.
Thank you all for your input and suggestions. Very kind.
Brian Rowe
