I'm impressed! that you guys haven't given up on me! THANK YOU!! The ideas and the experience you have is re-energizing me to open her up again!
Steve in Sunny Fla, T Cro, and Jettawreck, You are correct I had never done a compression check before! (obviously ha ha) and I bought the tester years ago in one of the "priced to move bins" at an auto parts store... its been in my tool box in its orginal packaging up until I tested Cylinder#1 SO... yes I did not know to hold the throttle wide open AND I had a bad cell in the battery (inspite of the fact that I kept it on a trickle charger) AND I had only pulled the plug for Cylinder #1 I did everything wrong! I'm going to try and do it right this time. If you guys couldn't tell, I've been reluctant to do all the cyclinders for one main reason... I don't think I can get the tester in the holes because of the frame!! would you settle for #'s 1 and 4?? cause I don't know if I can get #'s 2 and 3? but I will try... promise!
Steve in Sunny Fla, I thought of your #2 point when I did the "epic" cam timing session last time. and I completely get you on the position of timing plate! because everything is based on that plate being in the "right place"!! and my way of checking was to insert a long thin allen tool into Cylinder #1's open sparkplug hole and rotate the crank shaft and see if TDC agrees with the marks... it did and it seemed dead on to me (because I would expect it would be fairly slight if it was off..) but do you think that isnt good enough? and what else would you use to turn the crank?? I always saw this as a fragile situation, so i've allways been very gentle when doing so. but without that big nut I don't know how else to rotate the crank? My question has always been; could the Hydrolock event itself some how moved that timing plate? (I don't see how but it a very violent occurence)
You have me really confused on point #3 and this concerns me greatly are you talking about the sprockets being moved? they have never been taken off of the cams.
angelo, Huh?... did you get the KZ1000 working? Your wife was not impressed? you lost me... my wife brings me beers, from time to time too!! Even after 30 plus years! (yes I am lucky)