Buckwheat lives!!!
While I search for bearing to finsh my rear end rebuild, I decided to start on the engine next. This truck was rumored to have been started 2 years ago, but had been sitting outside for those last 2 years. We drained all of the deasel from the crankcase and poured in fresh oil, rigged a temporary gas tank and lines, cleaned the plugs and ran a set of jumper cables to my riding lawnmower. My neighbor was manning the "under the hood" controls and I was inside the truck holding the cables on and pushing the starter button. Despite a pretty good gas leak we hit the starter and that thing jumped to life!! I mean it never turned over, it just started right up!!
We killed the truck quickly(no water) and celebrated while we waited the next 5 minutes for the smoke to clear, That deasel in the cylinders creates alot of smoke,,,,I mean a lot of smoke. Once the smoke cleared and my neighbors house became visible again , we filled the radiator and "no leaks". Now I guess it is on to cleaning and sealing the gas tank and start scrounging for tires and we will be able to ride around the yard...
I know this doesn't contian any technical iformation, but I thought I would share the success story to encourage others.........
Buckwheat
Holy Cow, Buckwheat's alive!!!
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- Posts: 18
- Joined: February 9th, 2003, 11:53 am
- Model Year: 1930
- Location: up,Mich.
It's alive?
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