Looks Like I Picked The Wrong Week To Quit Sniffing Glue / '64 Valiant Troubles

Thanks guys.

The reason I did the compression test was because I was getting a ton of blow by smoke from my breather, this just started happening so I suspected something might be wrong.

The engine seems pretty bulletproof and sometimes when I'm idling at a stoplight it is so quite that I think it had died on me, nope just hit the gas and there she was.

I went ahead and got my own compression tester and redid the test, this time with the throttle opened. Every plug read 130... stoked! Just another newbe lesson for me, if I've never done it before then don't rush it (that's what she said.) Next week I'll do my first valve lashing.

I pulled the UCA and found some tares in the metal near the bushings, I have an appointment tomorrow at a private salvage lot to pull one off a parts car so Chuck should be up and running in a couple of days.

My other car is back, passed smog and registered so I guess next week will be a good time to quit...