10/23/2026
Engine rotates after a good soak of free all. Blew the majority of the junk out of the cylinders. Gutted a broken distributor and primed the oiling system. But after spinning it over with the starter the compression leaves little to be desired. Being a low compression engine cylinder pressure should be around 110 ish. I started out around zero on a couple and 60 on the "good" cylinder. After a little more cranking and more l**e to help prevent any more damage to the bores the highest cylinders where around 90 and the lowest was around 24. The head is coming off tonight hopefully its just stuck rings and a few crusty valves. Otherwise its going to have to take a trip to the machine shop.
Update talked to the owner its headed for the machine shop....
