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Mark Wileman

By Mark Wileman,
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12 hours ago, Mark Wileman said:

It's pretty good, one slow pull to build up the compression then it takes about 10-15 seconds to fully uncoil, tightening on each stroke.

Nothing wrong with that then, reckon it will be 150-170 if you measure it with a proper gauge. This is a very basic test and I call it the "poor mans compression test"!

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And taking off a far better OEM cylinder.......

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If its only 1 fin I would not worry about it, Its going to be better quality than the aftermarket one

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I had an 038 super on a 20" bar and it was a torquey lump of a saw. An 18" bar would run lovely. It was a dead simple job to replace the piston rings (I bought meteor ones, which are apparently a good

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