My sister's BF might have overheated my 'kick... can't get  it started.  Where do I start? I'm draining oil, will check the fuel filter... changed plugs. 

Overheating causes a loss of compression from fried valves and rings, so you
need to start with a rebuild and get the head checked for warp and seats
that may have loosened  up, ohh ya, and have the sister and BF pay for the
damages

Wild

I was going to go with prayer as the best option.  If your lucky shaving down the head (to fix the warp issue wildgoody mentioned) and a new head gasket will be enough to get it rolling again.

Pray in one hand, crap in the other. see which one fills up first.

Pray in one hand, crap in the other. see which one fills up first.

That is because you fail to obey the cow god!

Green Jello / Green Jelly - Obey The Cowgod

Ok, officially sidetracked this thread...

let me give you a worst case, it happened to me.....many years ago by my first wife.....

I was informed the tracker broke down a mile from home, well upon checking it I determined it was a blown head gasket, when I cranked it blew radiator hose, then repaired & took cap off to have a raidator like a geiser, it also had an exhaust leak & didnt hear my other problem, ok so time to do a top end. well fix it & get it running to hear it knocking. huh? what happened? then it was "oh it started doing that while driving a couple miles back" while it was  overheated. humph! well I take it down road for a test drive & a couple miles from home the piston broke loose from the rod & went through the block. KABOOM! all because she didnt want to walk home she tried to drive it as far as she could instead of parking it & finding a ride or getting a TAXI.

my solution was a brand new engine from Advance Auto, & under 1 year after we broke up she gave her tracker away. & until recently I havent been around Trackers, & presently trying to find one.

so if was overheated bad enough you may hear wrist pin slap.

Later,
Randy