Thanks for the replies.
I'm not necessarily scared of pulling the engine - at least not from a mechnical perspective. The heads are already off (which means the headers are too.)
I'm more worried that pulling the engine will take me down the dark psycological path of stripping it all down to the shell "while I am at it" - rebuilding the motor (why not a stroker?, why not an aluminum block?) and sending the ZF off with parts in boxes and baggies all over my garage. I had hoped to get it running and fix one system/area at a time.
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