[maple_leaf_eh]

Well, I might as well join the parade. 70-08876 has low compression and is a sonuvagun to start. It runs when going, but that is the tough part. The compression is low and very low.

My simple knowledge of engines says: sleeve the cylinders; change the cam to keep the valves closed longer; taller pistons; or mill the head or block to reduce the cylinder volume. No matter what, as Rob describes there are only so many modern wear elements on these engines. And we are stuck.

Now, I have a total of three blocks including the runner in the Jeep, a supposedly unused from rebuild engine and a third block with the cam and bottom end off. This third one is available for experiments if someone has good ideas.