Reply To: Minimum compression?

[genetoo]

Been around for a long time 77 yrs exactly Have seen a lot of outboards bought and sold through the years, Tomahawk, local shows,sales ,swap meets etc A lot were sold due to their outward appearance,they were complete,it was the motor they wanted or liked. The seller said it was a running motor. The buyer spent their money ,brought it home only to find out no matter what the did it was hard to start ,wouldn’t idle,the compression was never checked or even considered to be important when the buyer shelled out good money. I don’t mean to be critical,I was one of these guys COMPRESSION COMPRESSION so so important Gene in Mn