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Originally Posted by moon161
I used the harbor freight leak down tester, and I needed to use a glow plug adapter from a harbor freight compression tester. Some have a schrader check valve in them which you want to use for the compresstion test, and remove for the leak down.
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Now to check which stroke the engine was on, did you remove the valve cover and place a dial caliper on the camshaft to get an accurate reading?
I want to do that but I don't know how to setup the dial caliper in such a manner. I can NEVER seem to get it on the right way.
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Don't forget to grease the screw and threads on the spring compressor.
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