aliveagain
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posted December 05, 2010 01:13 PM
cylinder leakdown tester
I told my wife, for Christmas, I want a leakdown tester. What should I look for in them? I was looking at click here because it had two hoses and would fit outside the zx12r's frame. Are they pretty much the same in quality or are there big differences?
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gixxre750
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posted December 05, 2010 01:51 PM
 Edited By: gixxre750 on 5 Dec 2010 21:52
make sure you have the adapter for your size spark plug. I have the jegs brand one and it works great
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2000redrocket
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posted December 05, 2010 02:42 PM
do not get a hose with different threads and then put the 10mm adapter on it.
make sure it is the hose with the 10mm threads. trust me.
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gixxre750
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posted December 05, 2010 03:32 PM
I agree. I use the hose from my compression tester (without the valve core)
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2000redrocket
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posted December 05, 2010 05:04 PM
when you got that adapter still in the head and can not get it out thinking red locktight over night is the only way. wow that sucked for 1 hour.
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aliveagain
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posted December 05, 2010 06:18 PM
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when you got that adapter still in the head and can not get it out thinking red locktight over night is the only way. wow that sucked for 1 hour.
LOL My brother's Matco compression tester has those adapters and every time I use it, I have to tighten the adapter on with channel locks. It buggers up the hose piece a bit,but better than losing it down the spark plug hole.
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aliveagain
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posted December 05, 2010 06:19 PM
Has anyone had issues with the hose not being long enough on a 12 bike?
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posted December 05, 2010 08:54 PM
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Has anyone had issues with the hose not being long enough on a 12 bike?
yup, i had arrange a longer hose. took a lil doing.
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posted December 06, 2010 09:58 AM
Edited By: NINJA12 on 6 Dec 2010 18:02
I use the harbor freight leak-down with adapter.
It does the job of identifing the problem.
You might need to know if your engine is leaking 3% or 6% i don't.
Everytime i had a problem it was over 20 percent leakage. would not matter if guages said 20 or 48 percent, i found the problem.
yeap i'm cheap.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cylinder-leak-down-tester-94190.html
You can change the guages to any quality you need,
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aliveagain
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posted December 06, 2010 02:18 PM
I ended up going with this even though it has the adapters.
http://www.ntxtools.com/network-tool-warehouse/OTC-5609.html
Most either have the adapters or won't have the 10mm hose fitting.
I looked at those harbor freight and there were a few bad reviews so I decided to stay away from them.I have always had good experiences with OTC products.
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2000redrocket
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posted December 06, 2010 02:37 PM
adapter with red lock tight. done.
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entropy
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posted December 07, 2010 11:39 PM
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when you got that adapter still in the head and can not get it out thinking red locktight over night is the only way. wow that sucked for 1 hour.
when that happened to me, i was "lucky" enough to have it happen on #4
i forget how i got it out, but it took more than 1 hr and mojo amounts of swearing.
I think my wife heard enough of my cussing and prayed:
"dear lord, help him get that fukken thing out, i'm tired of his bad language"
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posted December 08, 2010 08:53 AM
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when you got that adapter still in the head and can not get it out thinking red locktight over night is the only way. wow that sucked for 1 hour.
when that happened to me, i was "lucky" enough to have it happen on #4
i forget how i got it out, but it took more than 1 hr and mojo amounts of swearing.
I think my wife heard enough of my cussing and prayed:
"dear lord, help him get that fukken thing out, i'm tired of his bad language"
Me thinks in your old age you didn't remember to look over and see the GB's snickering at their practical joke on you. 
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entropy
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posted December 08, 2010 11:32 AM
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when you got that adapter still in the head and can not get it out thinking red locktight over night is the only way. wow that sucked for 1 hour.
when that happened to me, i was "lucky" enough to have it happen on #4
i forget how i got it out, but it took more than 1 hr and mojo amounts of swearing.
I think my wife heard enough of my cussing and prayed:
"dear lord, help him get that fukken thing out, i'm tired of his bad language"
Me thinks in your old age you didn't remember to look over and see the GB's snickering at their practical joke on you.
Pete,
you are right about the GB's snickering at me.
Ever since i brought the Busa home, that's all they do.
fukkem, i'll teach em
I'm gonna build a 2nd Busa, this time a junkyard dog for Bonneville.
Anyone have a Busa roller, or at least a straight frame gathering dust? i'm in the market.
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2000redrocket
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posted December 08, 2010 02:27 PM
gene (my twin) and i were perplexed cause we usually go worse case first. like we pull the head for this? crap cause it was just bolted together and cams degreed. it was a good one.
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posted December 12, 2010 12:53 PM
anyone ever use the APE version?
http://racetoolz.com/
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