Missing, dead cylinder

Posted by NDPacMan On 2018/11/6 20:30:43

I'm no mecahanic so>>> 1950 series 23, 288, recently had a major overhaul and reassembled with very close supervision from a highly experienced mechanic. Ran well for the first three hundred miles, although a bit on the hot side. Recently developed a miss, comp test shows zippo on cylinder 5. Pulled head, appears gasket didn't seal properly despite torqueing and redoing same. Had head replained, machinist said prior shop didn't do a good job. Putting it back together w/new hea gasket and retesting compression very soon. Anything I can check b/4 resetting the head. If I have no compression again, why? What is the next move? Car has 39K miles on odometer but suffered from to much no use.