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Labor Day Putting down your wrenches or time for MORE wrenching? 
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Mod | | | Forums66 Topics128,009 Posts1,055,293 Members48,419 | | Most Online14,466 Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down with Ads! Again, thanks! | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 | Clamp a pair of vise grips on the flywheel ring gear on both sides of the bottom opening in the bellhousing. It's a lot simpler than trying to find the exact TDC spot where air pressure won't turn the crankshaft. With the engine in the vehicle, just put the transmission in gear and chock the wheels or set the parking brake, or both. The test will work just as well with the piston at bottom dead center with both valves closed as it will at the top, BTW, so you could just loosen up the valve adjustments and do it that way.
With compression readings that good, a leakdown test is a waste of time. Jerry
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