I'd say pretty good amount of blow by. I do think the rings are worn. She gained compression to factory specs when I added a few ounces of oil to each cylinder. All cylinders about 125 psi w/oil added.
Also, I went and pulled the valve cover again and set the valve clearance at .014 hot. I also checked for missing, broken, or bent push rods. All seemed fine. I noticed on each cylinder, one valve seemed to have a different style keeper than the other. The other looked like it had nothing. I have pics if that seems odd. I'm new at the details of this engine. After I started it, after the valve reset to .014, it sounded just like before. Once the engine is completely hot, I have absolutely no valve tick etc. I'm adding about 1/2 cups auto trans fluid to gasoline at fill up.
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