Big Mike, you're breakin my heart, but you may be right. It already has a 12 system. After a couple of hours in Marvel oil the cam and weights came free and now the timing looks closer to right on the distributor, although I had to push the timing plate all the way to the top to make it so. Got it all back together and it still won't start. Right now I have dry compression of 65 in all cylinders, but I was holding on to hope of what another friend told me about compression after the work I had done. When I lapped the valves I did drop the oil pan to look for pieces of broken rings, etc. (The pan was clean.) I also cleaned out everything (pistons, valves, oil pan with gasoline. Just before I put the cylinder head back on I poured Marvel oil down the pistons so they would have some lube. My friend suggested that maybe the reason for my low compression after the valve job was that there was not enough oil on the pistons, since marvel oil is pretty thin. Soooo... Before I give in for a rebuild, should I remove the head, and pour motor oil on the pistons to see if that brings the compression up enough to start it? Or is it the consensus of this august body that I need to throw in the towel and rebuild it now?
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