Steve,
Thanks for the time. I am taking EVERYTHING down now. I'm doing the oil lines, coolers, crank, pulling the freeze plugs on the case, cam sprayers, the works. It's all packed up and ready to go get tanked/ultrasonic cleaned.
I sort of suspected I might find this considering the rush job I had to do on this engine to finish the season. So for future generations. This is what happens when you don't clean REALLY REALLY well.