Thank you all for the info. I haven't done anything to the car since Saturday. However, I'm afraid I have turned the crank about three quarters of one full turn since the belt was removed. It turned freely with no resistance, so maybe I'm safe? If a valve were bent, would it normally be obvious by looking from the top without taking it out? Would a valve clearance check (which I need to do) potentially reveal a bent valve? I'm going to go ahead and put it back together this weekend.

If I sound like a worry-wart, it's because I got the stressor of a lifetime Saturday. As I attempted to remove the plugs, three of them acted as if they were stripped. I couldn't believe it, since I use a torque wrench and anti-seize compond. I kept working on one of them since I figured the damage was already done, but it eventually came out. It gave me resistance the whole way, as did the other two. I may have used to much anti-seize compound (Permatex) when I installed them, I don't know. I only put a small dab on and then screw them in. It was like they were glued in. When I got them out, the anti-seize was caked on the threads, but the threads were fine.

sgt