Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement
Lester,
The first time I decided to do a compression test on an old Chevy that I had. I remember thinking why do the instructions say to fool with the coil. There's no way the engine is going to start with no plugs. Of course i got my answer a few min later when my dad started cranking and a sparkplug wire with bad insulation decided to ground itself through my arm! In retrospect I always laugh because with the spark hitting me like that I couldn't get the words out to tell my dad to stop. It was kind of like ddddad stop.. ddad stop... ssstop.. stopp. Finally my dad quick cranking to tell me he couldn't understand what I was saying! After recovering I humbly took care of the coil before reattempting the test. Of course back then I was young and stupid whereas now I'm middle-aged and 'experienced.'
Glad to hear there's another Alpine not too far away. There are a few in the DFW area as you've probably learned by now. Welcome to the club!
.... Remove the HT lead from the distributor and put a brick etc. on the accelerator pedal to keep the throttle wide open. Remove all plugs....
Lester,
The first time I decided to do a compression test on an old Chevy that I had. I remember thinking why do the instructions say to fool with the coil. There's no way the engine is going to start with no plugs. Of course i got my answer a few min later when my dad started cranking and a sparkplug wire with bad insulation decided to ground itself through my arm! In retrospect I always laugh because with the spark hitting me like that I couldn't get the words out to tell my dad to stop. It was kind of like ddddad stop.. ddad stop... ssstop.. stopp. Finally my dad quick cranking to tell me he couldn't understand what I was saying! After recovering I humbly took care of the coil before reattempting the test. Of course back then I was young and stupid whereas now I'm middle-aged and 'experienced.'
Glad to hear there's another Alpine not too far away. There are a few in the DFW area as you've probably learned by now. Welcome to the club!