Boston-area tool loan (compression or leak-down tester)

[blalor]

Does anyone have a leak-down tester I could borrow for a few hours? Or a compression gauge. I borrowed a compression gauge from Autozone, but it's designed to be threaded in by hand with a threaded bung that can twist on the hose. I'm afraid the threaded part will bind just enough that I won't be able to get it out of the deep spark plug hole.

[FredK]

That's the way mine is too. I just put some loctite on the threads to avoid having that happen.

[blalor]

This would actually require JB Weld (which I'm not opposed to doing; it's not mine, after all! ;)). I borrowed a leak-down tester from a friend that looks less prone to getting stuck. Hopefully have a chance to either try it or at least continue digging into the timing case tonight.

And, yes, I am being paranoid, which pretty much guarantees I'll have no problems testing compression or leak-down, but will promptly break the next simple thing that comes along.

[jrobie79]

try anti-seize?

[blalor]

I'm good, now. I borrowed a Summit leak-down tester from a friend, and it's much better built. Confirmed the worst case scenario, tho. :(