[Fasterthanyou]

There is some bad news. It's not terrible, just disheartening.
The long and the short of it (pun intended) is that long flat tap pushrods (7.8") were installed instead of the shorter roller versions (7.2"). What this does is nothing... unless the slot in the rocker arms isn't large enough. The end result is a 5 broken studs and a bunch bent but all are trashed from the rocker cutting into the side of the stud.
When I arrived at 4:45 this was all a mystery but the valve covers were off. Within 10 minutes of thinking the mystery was solved... then all hell broke loose and we tore into the engine again. By 7:30 the engine was torn down to short block without using any air tools. Some blood and no beer (store closed) later j0n showed up and it's now out of the road.
It looks like the studs need replacing, definatly the pushrods (all bent), and maybe rockers. Other than that, some fluids and gaskets will bring this back up and running.
I'll let Derek post his plans. I think it's just a matter of getting the heads fixed and new pushrods/gaskets.