[Fairtax4me]

A carryall 1 should more than likely have an FE290 which would not have a compression release.
These things are way easy to turn by hand even when the compression is perfect, so it's hard to tell if the compression is low just spinning the clutch.
Also keep in mind it's a 4 stroke engine so it only makes compression every 2nd full revolution of the crankshaft.
Also assuming it's the original engine a 96 should have a counter clockwise rotation engine, so spinning it clockwise by hand will result in little or no compression resistance.