Thanks to Jacob, I had the assistance of a large ultrasonic cleaner. It worked pretty well at loosening everything up, and with a little added elbow grease everything came out pretty darn clean.
Had a minor setback today though. I purchased a set of early fuel lines and injectors, but the box fell apart and the -009 injectors are now rolling around a USPS warehouse somewhere. My mother was the shipper, so I really don't have any recourse. So if anyone sees a set of -009 injectors show up in their mailbox let me know, or if there are some used clean ones out there for a decent price...
Otherwise I'm in the depths of waiting on machine work to get done. Once I get the confirmation that the line bore is all good and will be ordering bearings, gaskets, etc.
Hopeing when I am done that we'll be able to keep up a little better with the younger brother.