A: intake leak B: divorce

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First, I gotta say "thanks" to all of you for all the info. I've learned a ton in the month or so I've been reading. Amazing what I still don't know.

I bought a 72 with a 350 TBI during the summer. I've spent a bunch on it - tires, brakes, carrier bearing/u-joints. Now I see it looks like the intake manifold is leaking - at least externally. Mechanical I ain't, but I'll probably try to do this myself over the next week. My wife's about had it with the money I've spent and would rather I go back to driving a newish truck. (I'd rather not.) If I get this fixed and something else fairly major comes along, my dear wife is liable to burn the truck with me in it.

Question: would it be worth going and having a compression test (or anything else) done? Would that even tell me anything about the engine's health? So far, runs strong - no smoke. Just sorta worried after seeing this new leak. Thanks again.