Welded? Scary

LOL, IKR, though it was just part of the outer pully wall.

Well, maybe startup this week, anything I need to think about, it has been sitting for a while, so thinking about things like stale gas, unlubricated parts, do I need to worry about the oil pump not pumping, needing to be primed, burping the cooling system, etc, etc... All this work, I'm more than a bit anxious...

Well, hell, cranking but no start...

So I've check some things, I'm getting spark, how much, I dont know, it may be a weak spark, grabbed a cheepo spark tester with just the light, though when I pulled the #2 I saw spark on the plug.
I'm getting fuel, how much, don't know, but all the plugs were wet when i pulled them to check compression...
Checked compression (Im getting too good at pulling the plenum, lol?) not so good, but not none, 1-75. 2-95. 3-120. 4-110. 5-80.6-100. On 1 and 5 I put oil in and they built pressure like crazy, and as its been sitting, and the plugs were wet, may have had no oil on the rings.

So, 1st guess, plugs were fouled... they are out and the cylinders are open to hopefully dry out...
2nd guess, timing is off, the only part a friend helped me with, but I rotated the engine about 10 times by hand, then cranked it for a bit with the plugs out to get the oil flowing... the cam timing marks lined up, couldn't really check the crank marks once I put the cover back on.

Thoughts? HELP... =)
Saw a 96 with 141k for 3500, may just pick that on up and sell this one.

Looks like the timing belt was off a few teeth, its corrected, and reassembling now, we will see.

ITS ALIVE!!!! sounds like hell, guessing I need to to the VLA fix as I pulled all of them and cleaned them all, and then she continued to sit for another few months. but fixed the timing and a few other issues and she fired up, found a couple of vacuum leaks and she settled down. few more things like putting the fan shroud back on and she will be ready to come home. Sigh, this took way too long, calling it a learning experience...