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Just going to check compression, what is proper method? Throttle open, fuel off, plugs out, coil wire off. Any thing else? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/driving.gif
 
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Make sure the gearbox is in neutral (not that I have ever run over my own foot).
 
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