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First start advice.
Okay so in 2 weeks we should be trying to crank over the motor (im heading outa town for a week tomorrow) and am wondering how we should go about it, just crank it until it starts, or what?
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Re: First start advice.
I would need some context. Has it been sitting 2 weeks? 2 decades? What's the scenario?
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according to the p.o its been sitting since nov. 2015. and when it last ran it was for a quick drive around the yard.
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I'd pre-oil it. Pull the distributor, find a junkyard distributor shaft and hook it to your power drill. It gets the oil pump working and prevents dry start that could cause damage.
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You could also (in addition, not instead of) pull the plugs and shoot oil into each cylinder and then turn if over by hand a couple of times. |
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I use marvel mystery oil in the cylinders of the engines I build at work. Oil will work as well. It can't hurt to squirt a little bit in each one to help free everything up and build compression. I'd prime the system too. Might be a good idea to go thru the carb if it's been sitting that long with fuel in it.
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THE most important thing to do is get oil into the valve train. Cam lobes love oil and hate being without it!
A flat blade screw driver (or old junked distributor shaft) fitted into a drill, down the distributor hole will spin the oil pump that will fill the oil galleys nicely! |
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