Hi Mike and Lynn
Thank you for your good advice. I will not be rushing the job and will take your suggestions on board as I progress. As you guys have stated it might now be a good time to do those extra jobs.
I think the water leak is relatively new as when I checked the oil about a month ago it was OK and I have only taken the old girl out for a 20 kilometre spin once since then. I didn't notice anything strange as the old girl was purring along OK and there was no tell tale smoke from the exhaust.
The head had bolts and I was thinking of changing them to studs. The bolts still look OK and still have good threads, but I am not sure if they can be used again as I would not like to think I snapped one and had to go all through removing the head again and drilling out the shaft. So I think I will go slowly, and check everything as I go.
Cheers
Tony
