So, now that I got all of the paperwork legally squared away, it was time to figure out what all the truck needed to be a solid driver.
First issue, fix the 7 cylinder engine. I narrowed it down to number one cylinder. So, I turned it over until both valves were closed (TDC) and hooked my air hose into the spark plug hole. The air was blowing out the exhaust pipe, but nothing out of the throttle body or oil filler cap. That can be only one thing, a bad exhaust valve.
So, off with the cylinder head to see what was going on.
This, fellas, is a burnt exhaust valve.
It began to sink in that the engine needed an entire freshening up rather than just a valve job. Sucks that I am always broke. Gotta figure out something because buying a crate engine is out of the budget.