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Re: Compression Testing (Where is the hand throttle?) BobbyAlton #1234904 09/16/2017 4:29 PM
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Jarvisburg, NC, USA tclederman Bubba - Curmudgeon
tclederman Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Jarvisburg, NC, USA	WOT - for any period of time would most likely bring the engine up to a dangerously high RPM, especially a cold engine? Tim 1954Advance-Design.com 1954 3106 Carryall Suburban 1954 3104 5-window pickup w/Hydra-Matic The 216 and early 235 engines are not "splash oilers" -- this is a splash oiler.

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Compression Testing (Where is the hand throttle?)	BobbyAlton	09/16/2017 3:47 PM
Re: Compression Testing (Where is the hand throttle?)	JW51	09/16/2017 3:57 PM
Re: Compression Testing (Where is the hand throttle?)	BobbyAlton	09/16/2017 4:35 PM
Re: Compression Testing (Where is the hand throttle?)	tclederman	09/16/2017 4:29 PM
Re: Compression Testing (Where is the hand throttle?)	BobbyAlton	09/16/2017 4:31 PM
Re: Compression Testing (Where is the hand throttle?)	tclederman	09/16/2017 4:36 PM
Re: Compression Testing (Where is the hand throttle?)	panic	09/16/2017 7:03 PM
Re: Compression Testing (Where is the hand throttle?)	tclederman	09/16/2017 7:15 PM
Re: Compression Testing (Where is the hand throttle?)	BobbyAlton	09/16/2017 10:09 PM
Re: Compression Testing (Where is the hand throttle?)	Hotrod Lincoln	09/16/2017 8:15 PM

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