Check the condition of the ground strap between the engine and chassis. Might
be all corroded up.
Rick
> On Jun 14, 2021, at 11:15 AM, Kent McLean via Spridgets
> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Engine Compression Check.
> The engine turns over by hand. I didn't have a 1.25" open end wrench for the
> crank nut, and a socket won't clear the frame member, but I did have some
> 1/8" bar stock that I welded into a wrench good enough to turn the crank. I
> did about 1/2 a revolution and it stopped. Hmmm. The plugs were out, what's
> stopping it? A frozen valve? I took of the valve cover to watch the vavle
> action. A little more oomph on the wrench and it got by the stickiness. 2nd
> revolution it stopped again, but less oomph was required to get by the
> stoppage. After that, it turned pretty easily. OK, now it's free.
>
> Next step was to do a compression check. I took out the old battery, dropped
> in a new, charged Optima Red (too early in the process to get it, but if I
> keep it on a battery tender, it should do OK until I need it), and hooked up
> the battery cables. Moment of truth: put in the key, turned it, pulled out
> the starter pull and - nada. The pull didn't pull enough to activate the
> solenoid. No worries, I just pulled on the other end of the cable at the
> solenoid. Rr. Rrr. Doesn't seem to be enough juice getting to the starter to
> spin the engine. Arrrgh! Time to remove, clean, and reattach the battery
> cables, and hope the starter is OK.
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