Motor dies after startup.

UPDATE

So my friend stopped by after his clutch job and we worked on it together. I moved the fan belt back and forth to free up the stuck valve while he held the rocker on the push rod. The valve was still stuck and we talked about various options like pulling the intake to shoot penetrating oil in.

After looking for a straw to shoot the PB (I lose mine all the time), I found a straw on some carb cleaner, and asked if he wanted to use the straw for the PB. Instead he bent the straw upward at the tip, and used the carb cleaner on the valve in the open position, via the spark plug hole. And with him holding the rocker on the push rod I cranked the motor at the starter relay, and we start to see the valve coming up faster and faster.... Put the sparkplugs back in, let it idle for awhile to see if the push rods would fall out... Put a little more gas on it... And now that thing runs like nobody's business.


Tomorrow I'm going to use the feeler gauge to set the intake and exhaust rockers to the correct gaps.

And hopefully, a test drive. :)

I learned more about my motor today in 9 hours than I have in the entire time I've had this car. It's not over yet.