stripped thread help

[CzarFC]

Why should anything go right today I ask myself as I strip out aluminum threads from the block.

I just re-installed my passenger's side head on my 560SEL. After torquing all my 8mm bolts I was installing the three 6mm bolts which are forward of the timing chain. One is internal to the engine, the other two are external. The long one (the one on the top) stripped out.

My question is what do I do? Do I:
a) remove the head and time-sert the hole and try again
b) drill it all out and use some sort of insert
c) FIDO - Fudge It, Drive On.
d) something else?

Also if I pull the head again, do I need to get a freash gasket to replace the new one I just put on?


Thanks in advance!


Scott