Ayuh,.... Welcome Aboard,...... I'd chalk it up to gauge variation,.....
Not all compression gauges read the same,.....
Nice even numbers are Great,.....
Ayuh,..... Welcome aboard,.... Do the pins move, at all,..??
Try digging 'em loose with a hose pick, screwdriver, whatever,.... bend 'em, bust 'em, break em out, any way you can,.... you can replace em with a piece of ssteel welding wire later,....
Ayuh,..... When swapping long blocks, it's best to keep 'em as original as possible,.....
No way I'd swap the crankshafts, without a trip to the machine shop,.....
I'd be leary of swapping the balancers, as the crank, flywheel, 'n all is balanced as an assembly,.....
Ayuh,...... 'n to adjust it, ya put the controller in neutral, the turn the barrel, til when you slip the hole onto the carb lever, there's abit of tension pushing on the idle adjustment screw,.....
The bit of slop is irrelevant,.....
