Hey Tom Are you suffering from mid winter compression ? With You and
Christine being DML Legends, may open up a pursuit of recovery and salvage
of Ice Fisherpeoples trucks.
I put a Mopar 700 amp battery in my 91 Dak tonight .
Keep helping people Tom, Your advice is good.
Jim, 91 Dak Spt 4x4, 318LA
Mississauga, Ontario
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terrible Tom" <SilverEightynine@aol.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Dakota Won't Start
>
> DAKSY wrote:
>>
>> <snip> pull spark plug and and ground it put your finger in the hole if
>> you have
>> compreshon you finger will get blown off.......<snip>
>>
>> Geez...If he did THAT, then we'd have a Frodo on the DML!
>>
>
>
> Another method, which has been tested and shown to determine if
> compression is good or not, is to place the truck in question in a body of
> water - being sure to submerge as much of it as possible. After bringing
> the truck out of the water, remove the spark plugs and crank the engine
> over and watch to see if jets of water shoot out the spark plug holes.
> Water jets indicate the internals of the engine are working correctly.
>
> This method yields the best results with a group of people standing around
> within soaking range of the jets of water. Its not necessary to have a
> prized big block Cuda, parked near by, however it does make the experience
> complete.
>
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