As the all exhalted guru and telepathic visionary able to read minds through the internet, I have a few questions still.

You said clear out the cylinders. Cleared out of what?

I have a direct area I'm aiming with my questions, don't want to scare you by listing things out w/o getting more direction.

FWIW I've never found a compression test to tell me much on these engines. The one time it did tell me something, it simply confirmed that a piston was missing.