Today was a productive day all thou I had to work a 12 hour day:( but the day was a slow one at the mill and I actually had some time to grind on this head and about 7 hours! Yes 7 hours later here's what I got done
I opened the ports up just short of my gasket marks and yes I was very careful about not hitting any vulnerable areas or taking to much off around the water jackets.
Maybe if I'm lucky ill polish them up tomorrow