Well, a little progress. Just ordered from amazon the:
OTC 5605 Deluxe Compression Tester Kit with Carrying Case for Gasoline Engines
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and the
OTC 5609 Cylinder Leakage Tester Kit , Black
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and the
OTC 5613 Vacuum/Pressure Gauge Kit
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So now I can check out if the engine is good or not.
Compression testers I have bought in the past have all broke on 1st use - this time I read the reviews. Hopefully I didn't buy garbage again.
For whatever it's worth, every time I've bought an OTC tool I've gotten very good service
from it. Once upon a time it was definitely a step up from the '1-time use bottom-tier tools'...
here's hoping they still are. (Nothing is guaranteed these daze.)
Let us know what you think of them after putting them to work.
Cheers --