Update,
gutted up and opened 'er up.I was already most of the way there, so small loss.
So far ZERO signs of any trauma (Rapid, you were right...so far :-))
So now I get to do the minor repair of the bolt hole/stud deal on the workbench

Instead of leaning over the fender on my bear belly.
I will take my time and run all the pistons down their bores fully and have a look see with a nice bright light.No sense wasting the effort.I was thinking of making a super thin plastic tool like out of Clorox bottle thickness stuff and running it thru all the piston/wall cracks just to be sure.(non scratching)with the piston at the top of the bore.
I guess I'll have more confidence that everything that can be checked, will be...
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Then, back to the intake issue!