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I have a 2004 Ultra with 60K+ miles. My brother and I just replaced the cam chain tensioners using a lot of the information we gathered from both this forum and the service manual. The job wasn't that bad or difficult, just time consuming since this was the first time we did it. If we had to do it again, it would go much faster. To do the job, I purchased a bunch of tools from George's Garage and picked up a 12 ton shop press from Harbor Freight on sale.
I'd like to do a compression test on the engine. Looking through my 2004 HD service manual I can't seem to find the page(or section) that talks about the PSI I should see on the gauge. Searching through the forum, I see different values talked about. Can someone tell me if the service manual gives a specification?
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