good2go

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^^ you might want to do a quick compression test

OneJay

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Update. Engine started up fine and sounds good. Not perfect, but not bad at all. I hear a quiet ticking, but it almost sounds like its coming from the middle of the engine, not the front where I expected to hear something. I'll see if I can rent a compression tester later today or tomorrow just to be sure. But so far everything is much better than I expected. If I did bend a valve, it may not be that bad. It ran much better than I thought it would.

OneJay

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So I ran it for around half an hour so I could flush the coolant and it seems pretty good. I have a friend coming over tomorrow with a compression tester to make sure its still ok. There is no misfire or anything and it idles pretty smooth, so I think I'm in the clear. No more rope tricks for me! What an ordeal.