Spinning intake bolt

So tedious, the whole top end is open! I’ve got blue shop paper towels in the intake ports and I cut the gaskets off the old valley pan to use as a booger catcher. I’ll use foil to cover everything when I scrape the china wall.

I’ve got the permatex plastic scraper, I’ll look into the carbide scraper, thank you.
Carbide scraper are a bit expensive, I got mine off of the Cornwell truck.
Sounds like you got a good plan!