The last couple of days I've been getting godawful greasy dirty cleaning all the oily mess blown back from the front of the engine. But now everything looks Ford blue again, not totally black. I got the timing cover and balancer off and checked the timing chain play. It was within a tenth of an inch of being over spec so I decided to replace it, too.
I found a Cloyes timing set on sale as a clearance item at Rock Auto for only $11.42 + $9.20 S&H. Not bad.
I still have to get the oil pan off and then I'll spend some time cleaning gasket surfaces. By the time they are clean I should have all my parts on hand.
