desperatly need engine help

Someone correct me if im wrong but why pull the timing cover and water pump? why not pull the rocker shafts and turn crank till both pushrods are down and piston is up on number 1 and balancer is at 0 on the pointer. this is the compression stroke as it is the only time both valves are closed at no 1 tdc. hell of a lot easier than pulling timing cover. then check to see that rotor is pointing to number one plug wire. and cam timing and ignition timing is close. take a flat steel table and straighten pushrods with a hammer as best you can. install pushrods and rockers and pull plugs and pull plugs and turn motor over by crank bolt and check for binding. shouldnt take more than about 20 lbs torque to spin motor over. observe valve springs for coil bind and retainer interference. if all checks out then install new pushrods and check again for binding by hand. if all checks out install plugs and fire that puppy up.ps make sure the rights and lefts rockers are in the right locations