How much is the head worth? Well, you said the motor was seized - but what caused it? Could be a dropped valve, a busted camchain, a shagged clutch, a failed oilpump, a busted tranny - any one of a dozen or more things.
Pull off the valve adjusting covers and see if the valves look in place. If they are, the next step is the cam cover on the cylinder head.
These motors are fairly straightforward to disassemble - undo the nuts on the cylinder studs on top of the engine, split the camchain and the head should come off with a little persuasion. If the pistons are seized, then a little more work to get the cylinder off but still possible...
I don't really need the whole motor and I already have a head with a dropped valve.
A decent head should run about $45.00 on up plus shipping. If you give me your zip / postal code, I can get an idea on shipping from the weight of my existing head. My postal code is L7G 5L1 and I use only the post office for shipping.
You're probably right, the shipping cost would be too high, but I'll check anyway...
Thanks,
Pat Cowan,
Pacomotorstuff,
pacomotorstuff@cogeco.ca