They were not very high compression to start with and will run when very worn out, so i would not give up yet.
Quick, easy check is swap the plug wires in the mag cap. Been more than one that was fixed like that!
Valves could be stuck and 0 compression. Hold your thumb over the plug hole while you crank it to find that. It doesn't take long to pop the heads off and check things out in there. Just have to drain the coolant first! Head gaskets can almost always be reused or new are $10-15.
[quote="ccjersey"]They were not very high compression to start with and will run when very worn out, so i would not give up yet.
Quick, easy check is swap the plug wires in the mag cap. Been more than one that was fixed like that!
Valves could be stuck and 0 compression. Hold your thumb over the plug hole while you crank it to find that. It doesn't take long to pop the heads off and check things out in there. Just have to drain the coolant first! Head gaskets can almost always be reused or new are $10-15.[/quote]
Thanks for the advise, I will give that try!!
tim
If its no compression then the valve lifters are stuck, usually happens when sitting for a long time.
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