Oil Pan Bolts

It's obvious to the naked eye the tiny valve cover bolts (cylinder head cover bolts) don't compare with the oil pan bolts.
Your right. My bad.
Then I guess put the 1/4-20 bolts in the cylinder head cover and the 5/16-18 in the the oil pan. They should not be able to be used in either location unless they re drilled and tapped some of the holes. Which at this point seems possible if they did't know what was what to begin with.