The owner of the Nut and Bolt shop provided me with what I need to perform the repair (free). Though it's not really free. And he sent me to a local machine shop to talk with the guy there. He said NOT to use the head bolts again and said heli-coil would hold the torque just fine. Not having any more new head bolts, I decided to measure the old ones. Each one measures between 160.5 & 161 mm, which is well within spec. So, I will be using the old head bolts.

More later as this progresses. Hopefully my next post will be to say it's done. We'll see.

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