I'll pry end up removing the baffle and putting it back in as you say, but I wanted to avoid this since I have already painted the pan. I may look up under it with my micro-snake camera. If I see anything I will try sucking it up with a very small tube jimmy rigged onto a shop-vac. I may try a very small tube on the air compressor too to blow it out. If this does not work I will be forced to remove the baffle.
Where did you get your epoxy primer justin? It seems like many of them come in a gallon size and I think a quart would be PLENTY for just painting an engine.
I am VERY interested in the valley pan if it is sturdy. I consider mine to be crap, so if yours is in much better shape than mine I will probably take it. Can you get me pics ASAP?
When I rebuilt my Muncie I bought a "premium" upgrade kit that came with all the gaskets and such. It also came with the counter gear shaft, input nut retainer cover, and torque sliders (for shifting gears). I also needed to get a new 4th gear, reverse gear, and 1st gear. I spent around $600 and got everything from thegearbox.org. If you accidentally type in "thegearbox.com" you'll be brought to a site for a gay community, so don't make that mistake as I did haha. Anyway, thegearbox is cheaper than ANYONE else I found and SUPER SUPER fast. I'd always have my stuff the next day after ordering, granted they're in Michigan and I'm in NW Ohio.