$1k is including the purchase price, so yea, I feel pretty good about being able to get my money back, but by the same token, if the compression gets worse, I'm going to have a much harder time.
According to the previous owner it didn't use any oil between changes, we'll see about that. And it has vurtually no blow-by, which makes no sence concidering it must be the rings that are worn(140 psi boost when oil is added to cylinder)