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I recall Don Moyer, of moyermarine.com, saying something about hiring Amish welders to do this kind of work. Believe it or not they are very skilled at precision welding. How you find them is another matter; perhaps Don would be able to broker you some arrangement although I doubt he'd reveal his source. (He used to live in the middle of Amish country in Pennsylvania.)
If I were you I would bite the bullet, take the head off, and get the real story about what's happening under there. You might be surprised at how good the studs are, and if they turn out to be bad, you might as well replace them while the head is off intentionally.
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