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Got a little more work in this weekend. Everything is apart and awaiting parts.
After pulling out the rocker that fell out of place I liked what I saw visually with the valve so decided to do a leak-down test. Was pleasantly surprised that the #3 cylinder was almost 100% sealed (about 7-9% leakage according to my tester), right in line with all the others. So there was no contact to the piston like I had originally thought. Saved myself about a days worth of extra work plus almost 190 bucks with shipping.
Total parts cost with extra tube of FIPG is at $405. Not too shabby.
My next step is to remove ALL the old gasket material..and boy is there a lot of it! This will be by far the most challenging part of the entire rebuild. Other than that so far everything has been beyond straight forward, even with my limited space and low-budget tool set.
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