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Originally Posted by dad911 View Post
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.
Good idea, I've got the kits, I'll ask the seller if those are doable. Compression is done hot IIRC though I think leakdown isn't so temp dependent. Clearly if he says no it's a run forest run deal.
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