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Old 02-20-2024, 04:37 PM   #1
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Compression Tester fix (my way)

I bought a compression tester to use on my '35 Chevy with a '67 Chevy 250cid inline 6cyl engine. The engine uses long reach spark plugs but the threads in the head start aways down in the head.[as seen in fitting #3 in picture #2] The fittings that came with it would not work for my engine so I bought a package of spark plug non-foulers and modified one to work . I thought I would share my fix in case anyone else ever has this issue.
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Old 02-22-2024, 07:40 PM   #2
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Re: Compression Tester fix (my way)

Nice work on the fittings,,,,'

I would have used the straight probe with the rubber nozzle on the end....

Too each there own.


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Old 02-22-2024, 11:41 PM   #3
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Re: Compression Tester fix (my way)

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Nice work on the fittings,,,,'

I would have used the straight probe with the rubber nozzle on the end....

Too each there own.


I wanted to do a leak down test as well. The result was 113# on one of the cylinders 133# on another and the other 4 were 126# average. None of them leaked down at all.
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