everyone wants good readings, but if you find you have to rebiuld, these engines are easy. All the bearings are cage rollers, not alot can go wrong. The most sensitive part for a first timer is rebiuld of the cylinders/pistons. Buying a upper end kit, and taking the new cylinders and pistons to a good shop, and haveing it all inspected is best. I took my kit to a shop, didnt cost much for them to mic everything so it would all play nice together.
I needed a good crank assembly, found one for 80$ had good rods, low miles, (supposedly)bearings spun smooth. Didnt have to pull my trans apart, so basically, I just replaced rebiult the rotating assembly, and did a 1.5 over rebore. Rebiult the head with new valves, giudes were still good, fifty for the head rebiuld, and the piston kit was i think 500$.