I took a break from the engine and took to rebuilding the differential. I am now back on the engine and wanted to share some info.
I purchased a side cover and valve cover gasket at my local Oreilly's. I also picked up a set of valve stem seals. Well it turns out the Fel-Pro head gasket set (which is only about $4 more than just the head gasket) has all of those seals/gaskets in the box.
Hopefully I'll be pulling the head this week.

Last edited by gusco; 07/07/2015 6:24 PM.