I appreciate not all of you may agree with this as the best way forwards, but it is the way that I'm choosing. I can confirm that a manifold stud has snapped on the drivers manifold, and as such, due to lack of access, the head needs to come off to get at it.
And there's no point in doing just one head, is there
I'm going for the full top end rebuild.
Tonight I stripped out bagpipes, plenum, inlet manifold, coolant bridge, EGR, sec air injection, I've stripped a lot down in just under 2 hours, until the dark and rain came!
There are lots of deposits in the valley, and to be honest it wasn't put together totally well... so I'm going for the rebuild option.
Feel totally confident doing this, second time round now.
I will update this thread with pictures and things that I encounter