cpofaulk

Hello, you all, My truck has been sitting for six years, as I've been an on the road Army helicopter "guy". I had to walk away from from a known fuel-air leak at the rubber? hoses from the metal lines to the Lift Pump. I can fix that; it sucks, I know. My question is what do you all thinks about letting it sit for so long - what else should I do to get her running again? Fuel tank has been pretty much full..... Thanks, up front!

thrashingcows

I would probably do the initial fire with a jug of fresh diesel plumbed into the lift pump. Once the the fresh diesel is hooked up I would put on a new fuel filter, and prime the system with the lever on the lift pump. Change the oil, with a new oil filter filled with oil. Then I would rotate the motor over a few times by hand...off the crank balancer bolts. Then make sure I had power to the FSS and turn the key and see what happens.

Mike L

Oh, and video the moment for us so we can all give you a big cheer when the sleeping beast lights up!

Mike

RamGuy84

fix the hose power it n fire it off . It's not going to hurt it .

w250 guy

I would love to see a video of the ol' gal firing up

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1STGENFARMBOY

I want to see it also, this topic has came up a few times in the last year, and after all the do this and do that had been said the guy just turned the key and they started right up.

Cow has good points with some new oil and oil/ fuel filters, you don't want to suck up all the junk that has setteled out over the 6 years.

j_martin

the fuel filter I can see. Would start it up and warm it up before dropping the oil to stir up all the crap in the pan so it drains out. Otherwise you just have clean oil on top of the delta, to get immediately contaminated.

1STGENFARMBOY

I'm talking more about the fuel, i dought any amount of running will stir up the crap in the oil pan when you need to use a scraper to clean it out.

j_martin

You'd be amazed what'll happen with good oil.

cougar

My 92 sat for a long time before I got it. Had to replace the differential and wheel bearings because they rusted.

1STGENFARMBOY

It is amazing how much water will condensate in heavy cast cases, I have some antique tractors that I can drain a quart of water out of the rear end/trans housing after a couple years of sitting.

I can see this happening on those days it has been cold and suddenly turns warm, you know the day all your tools are wet in your toolbox and water on your barn floor.

jimbo486

The '91.5 truck I got a few years back as a donor had been sitting for nearly 5 years. All I did was throw a charged battery in it and crank it. No priming, nothing. Fired right up on the 2nd rotation and on the same 1/4 tank of fuel that it had the day it was parked. Granted, this was just a parts truck as far as I was concerned so I had no worries about making it road worthy. I was sure glad it started though because loading it onto the trailer would've been a chore with nothing but a come-a-long.

bannerd

Cow has some really good points with turning the crank by hand. I bought a 1971 evinrude snowmobile that sat for twenty years. Cleaned the carb and went through the entire thing. Slowly put pressure on the recoil and it wasn't turning freely. Pulled the plugs ran a scope down and the rings were rusted to the cylinder. Filled the cylinders with oil and walked away for a week. Came back and put pressure on the recoil and it turned with ease.