I have a '66 Mustang with a 289 rebuilt about a year and a half ago. It has run very well until a couple of days ago when it felt like it had lost a cylinder. My local mechanic did both dry and wet compression tests and determined I have no compression in the #6 cylinder. He says the problem could be in the head but he needs to take the head off to find out the problem and would like to charge me
1800 bucks to rebuild the engine. The heads are stock and I was planning to replace them eventually just not yet. I am running an Edelbrock intake with a Road Demon carb on a stock 289 motor. What else besides the head could cause this problem? Should I just buy new heads and replace them myself? I would take it back to the shop that rebuilt the engine but they only warranty it for one year. I am getting dry readings of 150 psi on cylinders 1,2,3 and 160 psi on cylinders 4 and 8 and 170 psi on cylinders 5 and 7. The wet are 160 on 1 and 2, 170 on 8 and 180 on 3,4,5,7. This is my daily driver so any help you can give me would be great.Thanks,
Mike