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Subject:Re: Leak Down Testing for Dummies?
From:Mike Collum
Date:Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:15:34 -0400

Here's one set of leakdown tester instructions:

http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/long29a.htm

Here's another on building and using a leakdown tester:

http://www.xs11.com/tips/misc/misc3.shtml

Mike

Michael Elliott wrote:
> I need to do a leakdown test on Mellow Yellow. I have a leakdown tester
> that I bought a
> few years ago when I was hoping to rebuild the 1600 aircooled engine for
> my 71, but that
> engine turned out to be so wrecked that I just bought a new one. So I've
> never used the
> tester. Gotta find a "how to" someplace. Could be worth adding to the
> wiki, too, for other
> dummies like me.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>