I'm also interested as i know someone that has repaired one for me and its lasted so far.
Where abouts are you.
I'll top the offer.

Cheers
Sav

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73 Clubman - Working Progress

One of the AEG163 heads I use on one of my race motors has been in the kiln and welded up (as described eariler), around 3 years ago. It fixed the head and we have had no further problems. It was done by a professional head shop and cost a small fortune but is was well worth it as the head is a bit too special to throw away. Unless you are using a Mk 1 S head for racing purposes then most head shops should be able to fix any small cracks, these heads are far to rare to bin, expecially if it is unmodified, a rare find these days.

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Have a Nice Day.
If already having a nice day please disregard.

I have heaps of cracked ones here,,, i`ve repaired plenty of these over the years & some are still going strong,,, but some others died miserably pretty early in the piece

years ago there was a big mad rush on 163 heads cause the appendix-J rules started changing to "MAKE" you use a 163 head , so i went out looking for as many as i could find & started repairing them all,,, Brian Brooks also did the same & we made some pretty decent repairs back then,,, but then the J rules relaxed once again to let people use 940 heads (again) so i now have a big pile of cracked 163 heads sitting here

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.