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86 f-250 diesel

snowdriver

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this truck has been stored outside behind my shop for 10 years,i drove it back there under it own power,but has not ran since,what precautions should i take before trying to spin the engine back to life,i have never ever messed around with diesels,so this is new territory for me,oh, and by the way the guy that owned it finally realized he was never going to do anything with it so he just mailed me the title to it,from what i understand though he had only put 500 miles on what at that time was a fresh rebuild of the engine:dunno:
 
I don't know much, but before doing anything, I would drain the tank and purge the fuel lines. Probably lots of bacteria/algae in there. There are lots of products designed for this.
 
those trucks are known for getting rain water into the engine compartment through the cowl seal, which pools up on on the air cleaner and leaks into the intake. I would turn it over by hand before hitting it with the starter.
We dont have problems with stuff growing in the fuel here, (in montana) so next I would disable the glow plugs, crack the injector lines loose at the injectors, and crank intermittently till there is fuel at all injectors. After fuel gets to the injectors, tighten the lines back up, and crank till it is smoking pretty good out the exhaust. At this point you can give it a little shot of ether, or hook the glow plugs back up and give it a try.

It might help to pull the fuel filter and fill it with fuel or oil or whatever, just to get fuel to the injection pump sooner.
 
black dawg said:
those trucks are known for getting rain water into the engine compartment through the cowl seal, which pools up on on the air cleaner and leaks into the intake. I would turn it over by hand before hitting it with the starter.
We dont have problems with stuff growing in the fuel here, (in montana) so next I would disable the glow plugs, crack the injector lines loose at the injectors, and crank intermittently till there is fuel at all injectors. After fuel gets to the injectors, tighten the lines back up, and crank till it is smoking pretty good out the exhaust. At this point you can give it a little shot of ether, or hook the glow plugs back up and give it a try.

It might help to pull the fuel filter and fill it with fuel or oil or whatever, just to get fuel to the injection pump sooner.
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you are right and that was a concern of mine,the air cleaner housing lid was full of water,and i was wondering how much seeped into the engine over the last 10 years,we get alot of rain here in oregon
if it were a gas engine i would pull the spark plugs and pour oil into the cylinders and then turn it by hand,can i pull the glow plugs and do the same??
like i said diesels are new to me
 
Yes you can put oil in the holes, just crank it real good to clear it out of the glow plug holes, and then crank it some more with the plugs in and no power to the injection pump.

If that rubber seal on the hold down bolt is in good shape, then water wont get through to the intake, so there is a chance that none did.

Forgot to mention, have something to throw over the intake in case of a runawa. Always a possibility of rust in the inection pump.
 
79rustyk10 said:
Sounds like an interesting project. Hopefully there's nothing major wrong.
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If I get I running reasonably well ,I am going to scrap the box and build a nice flatbed out of it,I am kinda intrigued with this thing,6.9 4 speed manual,and 4wd,hope to get it up and running this weekend,tell you the truth I have been wanting to build a flatbed for years,just never had or came across a truck that I was willing to scrap the bed on,,,, till now :)
 
got the beast running,actually the engine seems run extremly good,going to have to go through all the brakes,and does have a couple fuel leaks to be fixed,actually drove it around my field,but the thing seems to be easily salvaged,is going to make a good flatbed project :)
 
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