[madmaxx]

Pick up a cheap compression tester, remove shrader valve, hook up quick connect to compressor. You have gotten to be kidding me, use shoe strings on all 8 cylinders, you will do something stupid and get crap in the cylinders, bend a valve. Use compressed air and on head valve spring compressor. If you have a friend you can get away with the $6.00 valve lever compressor. If not buy the kind you screw on and break over, $45.00 at summit. If you need a compressor you can rent a little pancake one for a day. I can't wait to see you try to get the valve stem up while compressing the valve spring and putting on the retainers. Trust me get a compressor!!!!!!

Be carefull presurizing cylinder raise pressure slowly until engine turns over then jack up the pressure.