How do I measure cylinder to see how much has been milled off???

What you're going to need to do is find someone with the same casting as yours that has not been milled. Measure with dial calipers from the valve cover rail to the head deck and see what they have, then compare to yours. That's about the most accurate way.......and because of machining tolerances, it ain't real accurate, but it should give you some idea.


I would also think a depth gauge from the rocker shaft saddles to the head / deck surface should be fairly close, as these originally did not have adjustable rockers. I'm pretty sure I have at least 4 heads that to my knowledge have never been milled, including my old J heads which I just got back