Thanks for the replies guys. Sorry im just now getting around to responding...

As far as the compression, that didnt seem to be affected really at all. When it happened, I pinched the fuel line to stop the engine and let it sit for 3-4 minutes. Then I started it up and it came on with just one pull. Ran fine, albeit it still hit like 290 after just about 2 minutes of running, and yeah, it was in rough terrain (thick grass, damp dirt). This happened 2 days ago. I had to go to work afterwards, so I never really got a chance to inspect it all. Until last night...

Last night I was gonna run it around with a friends Stampede, but it would not start. Now it did get rather dirty the previous day (still haven't had a chance to clean it. Will do that tomorrow.), so I'm thinking maybe the fuel filter is clogged, not letting the fuel in to the carb, not sure, it's pretty hard to see if any is getting in. I'm also wondering about the little washer that came on the OS plug that I installed the day that it overheated. It's missing now, not sure at what point it fell off. But could this be creating a bad seal w/ the glow plug, allowing the compression to escape the head? The pull starter seemed a little easier to pull than normal, that's why I ask that. But then once I kept trying a little longer, the pull starter actually started to "skip" is what I'd call it. Just pulled with no grab, so now I'm worried about my pull starter too! Man, I love this hobby, but my first car/experience of it is giving me a lot of headaches! Of course it's my fault. Ive been messing with the needles to much and i've been careless in several other ways. It's NOT the cars fault, so don't start dissin redcat lol.

Keep the comments coming. I like learning all I can about this stuff! Oh, and btw, the glow plug is good. The piston is free-moving, not binded in anyway and it's a good color and doesn't look damaged. So the culprit of the non-start issue pretty much has to be that washer for the glow-plug or in the fuel lines right?