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1. Cylinder Compression (score: 1): Author: "D T Gebhard" <kimkell@decaturnet.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 09:34:56 -0500; Spitlisters...I just ran a compression check because I wasn't running to good... 1977 1500 Approx. 85,000 mi. Results #1 120psi The #3 plug was somewhat sooty. What kind of repairs can I anticipate?; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00310.html (7,572 bytes)
2. RE: Cylinder Compression (score: 1): Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 10:28:17 -0500; Looks like it could be a couple of things. You need to get a Leak Down guage. Plus a vacuum guage. It could be just a valve job. New valve guides and a fresh grind. OR it's the rings in # 3 It's a go; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00312.html (7,756 bytes)
3. RE: Cylinder Compression (score: 1): Author: rtgetzinger@scif.com; Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 8:42:00 PDT; Or, for the repairman without the tools, cant he just squirt oil in the cylinder via the spark plug hole and do the check over again. The oil coating the rings,wall,piston thus blocking potential lea; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00313.html (7,446 bytes)
4. RE: Cylinder Compression (score: 1): Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 10:48:19 -0500; To a point. If you want to find out FOR SURE use the tools You can rent this stuff for almost nothing. Or, for the repairman without the tools, cant he just squirt oil in the cylinder via the spark p; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00314.html (7,865 bytes)
5. RE: Cylinder Compression (score: 1): Author: rtgetzinger@scif.com; Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 8:54:01 PDT; Can you briefly describe the proceedure of using the leak down and vaccum guage to determine the source of the leak?; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00315.html (7,290 bytes)
6. RE: Cylinder Compression (score: 1): Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:41:37 -0500; Leak down, The guage takes an air hose from a compressor, the other side goes into a cylinder via a plug hole. Pressurize it, and leave the other plugs in. You will hear air escaping, some will come; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00319.html (8,613 bytes)
7. Re: Cylinder Compression (score: 1): Author: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 14:25:10 -0400; or head gasket -- Douglas Frank Compaq Computer Corp. ZKO 110 Spit Brook Rd. The older I get, 603-884-0501 Nashua, NH USA 03062 the better I was.; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00320.html (7,471 bytes)
8. Re: Cylinder Compression (score: 1): Author: "Mike Ross" <mikeross@Prodigy.net>; Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 17:20:22 -0400; I used a small rubber hose to listen through and noted air escaping from the oil dipstick hole (with the dipstick out). This tells me I must have air leaking past the piston rings. When I hear air es; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00322.html (8,199 bytes)
9. Re: Cylinder Compression (score: 1): Author: "MICHAEL C ROSS" <mikeross@Prodigy.net>; Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 00:44:44 -0400; I did check each cylinder, one at a time, with both valves closed. The list I posted with leaks was where the most obvious air was escaping. Mike http://pages.prodigy.net/mikeross 63 Mk1 Spitfire 66; /html/spitfires/2001-06/msg00327.html (9,556 bytes)

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