Why not rebuild the head on a high-mileage engine?

[Justin Shelton <justinshelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey, Jim:

I'm curious why it's not a good idea.  Would you only
redo the head if completely rebuilding the engine?  

- Justin

> From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "amc" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: 199 Sucking Oil
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 19:59:46 -0700
> 
> A: Redoing the head on a high mileage engine isn't
> the best thing to do. I 
> agree on doing seals w/o taking the head off tho.
> Air pressure or soft rope 
> down the plug hole.
>