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Just a follow up here I finally bailed on the do it yourself approach, and got some pro help, turns out the soft plugs were the source of the issue, on had apparently not been seated or "dimpled" correctly, as a result came
adrift and started shooting oil every where, problem solved.

I'd be interested in knowing just which "soft plugs" were not properly seated.

Well, as I understand it, on the ends of the roller rocker assemblies where they come together behind the exhaust manifold there are plugs that allow the shaft that the rollers and lifters attach to be removed, one of these came adrift due to excessive pressure, this is how it was described to me. Does this make sense?

No, doesn't make sense to me but in any case I'm glad your problems are resolved. Thanks for taking the time time respond, and here's wishing you many happy miles in your Packard.