thanks for your comments.
I also try not to overthink it
but I have 3 flatheads and all 3 of them don't smoke.
So it would be nice if this one doesn't smoke either.
I checked the valves. These all go up and down ...
below the compression test.
But if the engine needed a ring job then the engine suffered more from blowby right?
Looks like the split guides are still there indeed.
is this amount of oil normal here?