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I'd do the head gasket and fix the plug hole. Take your head to a good machine shop and they will have the plug hole fixed in no time. Watch those shims and keep everything in order. The rear seal is not a bad job either. You could do the clutch at the same time.
The used motor is probably in worse shape than yours. I suspect that will lead to much sorrow. The devil you know!
The seller in question is Lotusbits, but I do hear you, buying a used engine untested is a dodgy proposition. This coming from a man who just bought a used diesel engine for his Vanagon. I hope I'm lucky.
The time aspect is really what concerns me. I am planning a full rebuild, but I will not have time to do that this summer, so this will have to be on a repair basis. Even the rear seal may have to wait, if I can do the rest with the engine in place.
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Joachim