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Check list for a K5 that has sat for many years???

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I have an 82 K5 that has sat patiently for the last 10 years until I get off my butt to work on it..... well, my butt is ready and I was wondering what types of things I need to do to get it road ready again after sitting for that many years. I'm talking stuff like brakes, gas tank, fluids, etc. Any and all help would be greatly apprecited.

RIZ :waytogo:
 
Nothing guys?? I'm mostly worried about the engine. It only had 100 miles on it when it started to sit. I'm going to check the oil, antifreeze, brakes, etc. but I don't want to ruin or hurt the new engine in any way.

RIZ
 
pull the plugs and give a squirt of penetrating oil onto the top of the pistons, and let it sit for a day or two to penetrate the rings, then change all the fluids, and prelube the engine with a drill powered distributor primer. Check your air and fuel filters too.
Fire it up, run it for a hour or two and change the oil and filter again.
 
Basically the only things that will go bad is rubber hoses and gaskets. If the engine has been sitting this whole time without being started you may want to put some oil inside the cylinders and let it sit for a while before trying to turn the engine over. When you do turn it over, do so by hand, not with the starter. Go a couple full rotations to make sure nothing is stuck (open valves, piston rings etc) before trying to start it with the starter.

You'll probably have to take the carb apart and clean it up as well, all the fuel will have gummed up and plugged the little passages up.

Check to make sure the spark plug wires and fuel lines are still solid. Finally, before you start the engine with the starter, take the distributor out and turn the oil pump to build oil pressure and make sure everything is coated. Then give her a go! Chances are every single seal on the engine is going to leak after drying out for the last 10 years or so, but the engine is probably fine otherwise.

Shouldn't have to do anything with the transmission / tcase or the rest of the driveline. Brakes would just be a matter of checking rubber hoses. May have to get the rotors turned to clean the surface rust off them. Fuel lines may also be a concern if they have dry rotted out, or filled with varnish. Make sure you give the truck a full tank of fresh fuel too, the crap in the tank now may plug up your fuel filters and stuff for a while.
 
I have an 82 K5 that has sat patiently for the last 10 years until I get off my butt to work on it..... well, my butt is ready and I was wondering what types of things I need to do to get it road ready again after sitting for that many years. I'm talking stuff like brakes, gas tank, fluids, etc. Any and all help would be greatly apprecited.

RIZ :waytogo:

Bash Optima batteries. If nothing else, you'll feel better afterwards. :D
 
Just trying to get answers, man. Thanks for jumping my thread by the way....I hope it made you feel better.


RIZ :sign4:
 
Just trying to help out.
 
on my bike motors, i like to take off the rockerboxes (valve covers in this case) and do an inspection in there.....i guess it depends on the temperature extreems and moisture/humidity and such......76zimmer said it all. you'd be surprised at what happens to stuff sitting around in this lousey city.
 
I wouldn't do anything other than change the oil #1 and check all the fluids and do a safety check.If the tank has old fuel you could benefit from draining it and replacing the fuel.If its an auto its a wait and see thing because the lip seals dry out and crack or just loose there elasticity so the trans malfunctions.You cant foresee every possible problem that might arise.
 
Brake lines are a big one that seem to go when vehicles sit for a long time, hit the brakes and the pedal goes right to the floor lol. But break lines are an easy $20 fix if you know what your doing and have a small tubing cutter, hand bender, and flange tool. Prolly a total of $50 for all the tools and the lines. Expecially do the little rubber lines that go to the front calipers, those will fill with crap and act as check valves and not let the breaks work right.
 
Try harder.

:haha:

Michael gets pwned... GJ Riz!:waytogo:

PS Michael, nothing personal really. I liked you and Claudia when we met at BB 03 but you're little 'agenda's' get a bit tiresome now and then.

Rene
 
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