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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 03:14 PM
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compression tester

Which Compression Tester brand is good,
is this good:
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?...sting+Equipment
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http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?...pid=00902171000
 
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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 03:16 PM
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neither of those links worked for me, but I'm running firefox, so maybe they will work for others. Craftsman makes good tools, they're not the best, but they are the best for the money in my book.
 
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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 03:18 PM
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Type Compression Tester on Sears.com

one is Craftsman and the other is Actron brand
 
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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 07:04 PM
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Links to searches at many sites such as Sears do not function. There is nothing wrong with your browser.
 
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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 07:46 PM
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well it is a build program. Thanks torque1st.
 
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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 08:33 PM
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Ahhh, a brave soul!!! I had too many years of writing and testing software. So many that I got real tired of it. Nowadays I let others do the testing. I just use the gold standard releases.

There are many sites that links don't work for and return you to some home page error message like the above links. The best way to avoid that problem is to provide a link to the home page of the store etc and an item number.

For the compression tester either brand will work well. Just get the one with the most adapters. Remember also that it is real difficult to thread in an adapter into a deep hole with a rubber hose on it.
 

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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 08:54 PM
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well firefox does have it's advantages. No popups, and no spyware to get it, no "are you sure, you're soing something on a secure network" warnings. The adaptors thing is a good idea. Also don't think that it'll work on a diesel.
 
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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 09:17 PM
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I use Mozilla most of the time and Firefox some of the time. Occasionally I am forced to use IE... Yuck!

I am not sure what they use on a Diesel. The guys in the Diesel forum would know that one.
 
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 09:49 AM
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I know that it's a different setup. There's a lot more compression, and the testers generally run in the 80-180 dollar range if I remember right.
 
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 11:26 AM
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My first compression tester was one of those push in jobs. Neither I nor a buddy could get a reading on it on my 390FE because the pressure would push it out of the hole. A professional mechanic came by and laughed at us and tried it himself. You should have seen him turn purple trying to hold that gage in there! Of course with 12.5:1 compression and 230PSI it made it difficult. I went down to the auto supply store and bought the $crew in adapter.
 
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Originally Posted by Torque1st
I went down to the auto supply store and bought the $crew in adapter.
I guess your reaction when trying to hold it in was "ah, screw it"
 
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