Long story short, timing belt plastic pulley broke in half, resulting in al 8 exhaust valves being bent. Got the head back yesterday evening after new valves and guides, etc. Assembling today and realized that the timing belt spring tensioner is a goofy setup and you preload it by rotating the water pump with a special wrench, that I don't have.
Went to my secret stash from my dad and found a bent wrench that was very close. Opened it up about 1/8" on the bench grinder and moved forward again. Should be done in the morning.
Not sure what the wrench was for, but no markings or Ford script, so...