Re: compression not good?
not necessarily, did you remove both plugs, use screw in tester, and pull rope 5-6 times on each cylinder? if so i would try it with another tester, as they all read differently. if you get the same readings. if the motor will start, it would do a decarb on it. probably has never been done, and rings can stick due to carbon build up. decarbing has been known to free up rings, and raise conpression, and should be done every 2 years, more often it you do a lot of slow speed trolling.
Decarb, take a can of seafoam put 3/4 of it in the gas tank, with only 1 gallon of premixed gas. put the rest in a spray bottle. start the engine, and let it come up to temperature. then remove plugs, and them some real good shot of seafoam into the cylinders, replace plugs, let sit 15 minutes. restart, and spray the rest of the seafoam into the carbs, so the the motor almost stalls, wait and repeat until the seafoam is gone.then take for a wide open spin. then put in new plugs, ad premixed gas to the tank, and take it for a wide open throttle spin. it is going to smoke like a house on fire, during this process.
afterwards compression.recheck
