compression readings from #1 and 2 and 5-8-were 200-202-200-195-200-197. did not check 3 and 4 as they are kind of a pain to get to and my starter sounds as if it is going out. it is usually not a problem as i only have to bump it to start the truck, but it was having trouble with the 5 or so cranks req for test and after seeing other readings i kinda assumed....

i  also recalled the guy that had the motor said " it tested pretty even at around 195"  seemed high at the time so i did nt really trust his test but when i got about the same thing... maybe so

anyway i was trying to detemine if i should rebuild heads( i have an extra set and kinda assumed the ones on engine would not have hardened seats and condition probably questionable) i have a slight knock on upper end of driverside. you can feel it on the valve cover but not on head or block. Passenger side sounds fine. rocker assembly looks ok and after i adjusted  valves, the knock went away.... til i revved it..... then came right back.

 i was checking compression to see if it would tell me if lower end of motor was in good enough condition to go to expense of head rebuild ( if thats possible)  and i was curious anyway to what they may read.

any body have any input or suggestions for other tests? do those compression readings seem normal? high? good?

thank you for any feedback