Many thanks Vitesse and T cut for quick response and appreciate the sound advice from Trikey, Cengar, Les4048, and rrobson. I may not have the time to be that thorough though.
I'm using Gosnay engineering co Ltd at Romford (who also make the head saver shims) and they pressure test the head as part of the process. They said that on the K series engines you can leave the valves in. I'm guessing you remove the camsshafts though.
Really nice that this club has very helpful members..nice to get the reassurance and the advice.. I intend to use the stainless shim as I think the annealing would of been reversed by any heat looking at the fire ring Impressions on the exhaust side. The shim I reckon will give the head a fighting chance and should adhere well after the skim.
I'll post what the result of skim is and what they say about the head.. Looks like it hasn't been skimmed before judging by the dimple, so fingers crossed.
Many thanks again..
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