Update.
Since the weather is finally cooperating I was able to get back in the garage and start on this problem. Again.
Here is what I was looking at. You can see the coolant in the valley at the top of the timing cover. The streak of reflection above that is a small amount of coolant in the matching valley in the block.
Here is a straight on view showing the gasket between the timing cover and the block. A tear that could be letting coolant into the block Valley? Why is there always uncertainty? The tear doesn't go all the way down and the puddle in the timing cover valley never got that deep.
Here is the timing cover with the water pump off. The driver side hole was definitely leaking. But I still think I have a problem between the block and the timing cover.
Here is the passenger side hole. As best as I could tell it was sealed. But there was a small amount of coolant behind the timing cover block gasket. Maybe from when I pulled the thermostat housing.
Anyway, since I was suspicious of the block/timing cover joint on the driver side, I pulled the timing cover. Had to pry on it pretty hard. Figured I'd better check flatness.
The driver side port is out 0.010" from the rest of the cover. May have happened when I first took it off or one of the other rounds. I'll spend a bit more and get the FMS replacement. Another trip to Summit Racing! Woo Hoo!
I'm also going to shorten the dowels. They project about 3/8" and make installing the cover a pain, as noted. I'll cut them down to project 3/16" or so. One dowel came out easily. The other took some persuasion. I put a drill bit in the dowel (27/64") clamped it on with visegrips and it twisted right out. Things are ready to go back together once I get parts collected.
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