How to resurrect a vehicle after extended storage
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Replace all the belts and hoses and wiper blades. Any rubber lines should be considered suspect, over time ozone and the fluids the lines contain will degrade them from inside and outside. | Replace all the belts and hoses and wiper blades. Any rubber lines should be considered suspect, over time ozone and the fluids the lines contain will degrade them from inside and outside. | ||
| − | Before replacing the old plugs, remove them and put a squirt or two (from a pump-type oil can) of Marvel Mystery oil into each cylinder and rotate the engine a few revolutions by hand. | + | Before replacing the old plugs, remove them and put a squirt or two (from a pump-type oil can) of Marvel Mystery oil into each cylinder and rotate the engine a few revolutions by hand. If it turns freely by hand use the starter motor to crank for several seconds with the plugs removed to blow out the excess oil and throughly lubricate the upper cylinders, then reinstall the plugs. Warning, before cranking install the spark plugs in the cable's boots and lay them over a good ground and away from any flamable material, this will allow the sparks to jump in the plugs and send the high voltage to ground protecting the ignition coil from internal arcing, an alternative would be disabling the primary ignition by disconecting the power lead from the coil and/or ignition module. |
When it comes time to start the engine for the first time since storing it, reuse the old plugs. Replace the old plugs w/the new ones after the engine has quit smoking from the MM oil that was put into the cylinders. | When it comes time to start the engine for the first time since storing it, reuse the old plugs. Replace the old plugs w/the new ones after the engine has quit smoking from the MM oil that was put into the cylinders. | ||
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