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Post by petchar Tue Oct 31 2023, 10:05

Hi everybody , i am in the process or rebuilding my lister D , i am going to do a compression test , can you tell me what it should read ? thanks

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Post by Foden Tue Oct 31 2023, 10:59

I wouldn't bother testing it, basically if you spin the flywheel by hand one turn (with the plug in of course!) in the direction of rotation and it stops and bounces back a little then you have more than enough compression to run it.

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Post by petchar Tue Oct 31 2023, 14:04

OK thanks

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