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Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6 View Post
I would too but as you note, it's on a palette. It could be blown, it could be a time bomb not rebuilt correctly, it could be a good little engine. Total crap shoot. ......
You can do a leakdown & probably compression test before purchase to bwetter your odds. Hell, back in the '80's a junkyard connected a battery and gas line to an old chevy v8 and ran it in before I bought it.
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