1976 Welded Starcraft?

[Pugetsound]

Re: 1976 Welded Starcraft?

?????? was the Starcraft welded or not. And if so who welded it.

 

[motorpsykler]

Re: 1976 Welded Starcraft?

You can rent a compression tester from most auto parts stores like auto zone. The way to do a compression test correctly is to run the motor a bit let it get up to normal running temp. then pull all the plug from each cylinder. The hook the compression tester into a one cylinder at a time with all pugs out, crank the motor over say 6 to 8 revolutions and read the compression gauge let it sit a couple minutes see if it holds the pressure. then move on to the next cylinder till all have been done.

This is correct except for the "let it sit a couple minutes see if it holds pressure" part. The pressure tester has a check valve that holds the pressure. The cylinder doesn't hold any pressure.

If you're not confident about doing it yourself, maybe you should have a shop do a compression test for you? Any decent mechanic could do it and it shouldn't be more than an hour labor.