[Poncho60]

After almost 7 years of ownership, finally got around to attempting an old-fashioned compression test with my trusty 36+ year old sears tester. Did the following--

Got the car up to operating temp

Removed all plugs

Fixed the choke plate open

Grounded the distributor coil wire to the block

Got the following results after about 6-10 engine revs:

1-----190
3-----188/190
5-----194
7-----193
2-----205
4-----188
6-----186
8-----191

Spec from service manual ----------200 to 210 at cranking speed

One thing that I noticed was that the car did not crank over fast at all---actually slow. Sounded like the starter was running fast (?), but engine was cranking slow. All of the plug center electrodes were nice and tan with nothing wet or oily looking. I'm not real concerned about the compression numbers since the spread is ~ 9% of the highest reading. Any thoughts on the cranking speed. While typing this, it did dawn on me that I did not have the throttle open, only the choke----da! Could that have been it?

[Jack Gifford]

Yes, opening the throttles will increase the results somewhat. But it looks to me that you've got a really healthy '60!

[Bill Hanlon]

Re insert plugs.
Re insert key.
Turn key to the right.
Have fun.