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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fishfiles" data-source="post: 34341" data-attributes="member: 782"><p>Yes spin the motor over with the starter , after you crank open  all the ferraled tubing nuts on top of the injectors and have someone else spin it over so you can see the fuel coming out , you can hook up a starter remote switch or even use a screwdriver at the starter solinod but thats primative and can screw up the threads on the stud on the solinoid from aching , let the fuel flow for about 30 seconds out the injectors then close them it should fire up , if not do it again  , I will close one at a time as it is spinning and by 3 closed it is usually running ----------the compression is easier tested thru the glow plug holes , if not adaptor is available and you have an old glow plug you can make one if you can weld a fitting to the top of an old glow plug which you cut with a saw or grinder then drive the guts out of it with a punch while in a vise , the compression should be like 450- 475 , and all within 10% of one another , I have learned to feel it with my finger pretty good and can see a problem alot of time without  a gauge hooked up , as if one cyclinder wouldn't even pop your finger and others will blow it off</p></blockquote><p></p>