What's the best way to find a dead cylinder?

good lord. how was that even running with that amount of leak down.

anyway 6 & 3 are no bueno

it's a hard call with the spare motor. do you know if it was a good runner when pulled? how long's it been sitting? can you roll it over and get a quick and dirty compression check or leakdown?

if i could run some baseline on it and the test results met my criteria i'd be inclined to snap it in and run it.
Yeah, I was pretty amazed when I saw the leak down results. Remember, this is not the original engine from the factory. It is a parts store engine installed in 1988 at a repair shop in Portland OR. That's all I know about it. I can't attest to the quality of the rebuild job prior to putting it in my car in 1988. Kinda wish I had the original numbers matching motor. Anyhow, it's remarkable that the engine runs at all, but that's a testament to the durability of the slant six. My concern with the spare engine that I have in my garage is this: If I put the money into the engine swap (not going to do it myself because I don't have the tools and facility to do it with), what's to prevent something else happening to the replacement engine in 10K miles? Now, I just went and threw good money after bad.