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Old 01-12-2010, 08:31 PM
Skippy Skippy is offline
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Ouch. My gasser has more compression than that. Assuming you've already checked the valve lash and the car hasn't been vegged, I'm thinking that motor is toast.

I would pull the engine and trans as a unit. I think it's a little easier that way.
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