Thanks for the reply Pete.

Cylinders were rehoned, but not rebored.  I checked compression with
engine stone cold.  I was not looking for actual numbers, but rather
comparative compression.  Engine runs fine, but as I said, I have not
pushed it up to full power yet.  I'm using low revs in all gears.
Doing most driving  at under 55 on back roads so as not to bother
other drivers.

The big thing is that there is no visible exhaust smoke any more, and
the plugs look clean.  I had high mileage and a broken ring.  
Since you say the parts could still be settling in, I'll give it a
little while.  As long as I am not harming anything by driving with
the noisy valves (and one properly adjusted cylinder), I'd rather he
not know that I tested the compression.  In the unlikely event
anything should go wrong, I don't want him to be able to blame me for
foolng with his work. Although if the noise really gets to me, I may
do a slight valve adjustment to bring them more in line with specs.

When I bring it in for final valve adjustment and head retorque, I'll
have him do a compression test as a benchmark for me. I hope that the
cylinder at 180 does not have too tight a valve setting.

Thanks again,

Tom
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