Head stud positions

[John Mason]

Hi all, I too found a number of bent head studs in my block when I stripped it down. I have no pillar drill etc to put things right so had to do a bodge. I replaced the straight studs and made su.re the head slid on and down them to sit nicely on the block. No gasket at this stage. I removed the head and replaced the first of the effected stud holes with a straight stud. Using the head as a guide I used a rubber hammer to bend the stud to a nice fit. Again checking with the head that it slipped down fully and easily onto the block. I repeated this until all the studs were replaced. I checked the points where the bent studs met the block to see the bent area caused any problems and rubbed each one with some coarse emery cloth. Cleaned it all up and re assembled with no problems.

John Mason