Well jim I think you nailed it a couple of posts back. The gasket didn't appear to have any damage and the cyl all looked good to my untrained eye (more picks to follow later)

I think I found the problem, this looks to me like it would be the "money shot"



The valve on the left that's covered in oil looks nothing like the valve to the right of it. The one on the left is for the no. 1 cyl

I'm uploading pics of the cylinders now.







I'll have some better shots once my other camera is charged. This one doesn't have a working display window so It's hard to guess what the picture is off.