87 t2 newly found compression confusion

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Oct 7, 2013 | 12:44 PM

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philiptompkins

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wrap 10 ft. of rope around the E-shaft pulley, hook it to the bumper of the vehicle and yank :P

That's not what I meant by pull start, although that may work as well.
We just pulled the car down the street in gear.

Oct 7, 2013 | 01:29 PM

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That's not what I meant by pull start, although that may work as well.
We just pulled the car down the street in gear.

Ya but he is looking at a short block yanked out've the car already

Oct 8, 2013 | 12:27 PM

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if you have the transmission or bellhousing on the engine with a starter you should be able to do the compression test.

Oct 9, 2013 | 10:01 PM

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well just an update, I ended up buying a spare s4 t2 motor locally for 200 bucks and it even sounds like it has some life left in it.

in the process of cleaning it up etc

bought myself a nice shop crane and a ton of metric tools

ready to dig into my long journey with the 13b