OK. I did the compression check. I almost dirtied my pants when the cylinder hit the first compression stroke....200 lbs of compression!!!
I was not expecting much over half of this and was unable to hold the gauge in the hole and it came out, propelled by 200 pounds of air pressure, and I landed on my hind parts. The battery I had was losing charge and the numbers dropped to 180 across the board on the second try.
I don't have to pull the heads! YAY!!!! This makes me feel so much better. I was worried I would have to stick a ton of money into gaskets. I might be able to get away with just replacing the valve cover gaskets.
I am not sure how much more I will get done today. My brother called and said he bent one of the i-beams on his truck.....turns out he got stuck in dad's field and instead of asking dad for some help, he got the neighbor to help. They used a chain and got some good running starts
He is coming over to have me look at it and maybe put a new front end in his truck....
