Ditto. I bought a little bag w/ 5 of the white plastic Schraeder valves from an auto tools specialty shop in Atlanta decades ago. The springs are very weak. I expect you could find such today on ebay or Amazon. No internet then. And also please verify that you are using the proper thick spacer collar on the injector adapter.

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1964 & 65 Mopar's - Valiant, Dart, Newport
1996 & 2002 Chrysler minivans

Fwiw, I just used my HF diesel compression tester and got accurate readings, it worked great! These Chinese things are luck of the draw it seems..

Used on a 602T, got 400psi across all 5. Had to test through the glow plug holes with the adapters provided. Put some Teflon tape on the threads of the adapter.

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You needn't use Teflon tape, there's copper sealing rigs you're supposed to use .

When lost Brake Supply Shops and maybe Plumbing Supply Shops will have them .

Many times my new H.F. tools are broken or not threaded etc. right out of the box, typical Chinese / Brazilian co$t cutting by not having any quality control .

Every H.F. store *except* the Pasadena, Ca. one simply exchanges the broken tool for a good one, the manager in the Pasadena store is an ******* who thinks he's saving the company $ , not realizing I just buy my tools at a different store now .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Any chance his name is "Sheldon"?

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1964 & 65 Mopar's - Valiant, Dart, Newport
1996 & 2002 Chrysler minivans

I don't know, he's just your basic jerk .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Sorry, joke. "Sheldon" is the persnickety Physics professor at Cal Tech on The Big Bang Theory. Thought he might have 2nd job.

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1984 & 1985 CA 300D's
1964 & 65 Mopar's - Valiant, Dart, Newport
1996 & 2002 Chrysler minivans

Had the same problem with my hf kit. I bought mine there many years ago. It was a bigger kit than the one they have now. It costed me more too but I forget the number. Anyhow it read 100psi and it hissed at the chrome quick release. I put some o ring lube in there and I got numbers in the low 300s.

Measured through glow plugs.

I never really figured out if that was my real compression. It was disappointing.

My car doesn’t smoke and it starts easily, although it won’t start without glowing.

I’ve always suspected that gauge. I’ll look into replacing it with another 500psi gas gauge.

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79 300TD “Old Smokey” AKA “The Mistake” (SOLD)
82 240D stick shift 335k miles (SOLD)
82 300SD 300k miles
85 300D Turbodiesel 170k miles