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Anyone local to tacoma have experience with reviving cars?
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Site Supporter   Location: Lakewood, WA Joined: Sat Apr 14, 2012 Posts: 4056 Real Name: brad aka bubba 
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So my truck has been sitting for 2 years now, it sat with a dead battery and I would like to get it started so maybe I can sell it or trade it or use it again..
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| Sun Dec 27, 2020 11:47 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Burien Joined: Sun Sep 22, 2013 Posts: 5879
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https://seattle.craigslist.org/d/automo ... search/aos
I couldn't find anyone so I went to craigslist for a guy who revived my car. |
| Sun Dec 27, 2020 12:20 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: RENTON Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 Posts: 20771 Real Name: John
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How much old gas is in it? I would siphon/pump as much out as you can and then add some fresh gas before trying to Start it. Put the Battery on a Charger and see if it will take a charge, do that if you can instead of just a jump start.
Check the Oil for water/condensation and if it was a runner two years ago it will probably fire up with little trouble. _________________ Mr. Q wrote: so basically, if you have to smoke some asshole, make sure they become fertilizer and then Bounce? got it. Guntrader wrote: Huh, maybe I was an asshole. NRA Member/RSO SAF 5 Year Donor GOA Member |
| Sun Dec 27, 2020 12:34 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: West Olympia Joined: Mon May 28, 2012 Posts: 6817 Real Name: Matt
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make model miles?
_________________ "I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and TANKS! I've seen the headwaters of the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, KILLED MANY MEN! And loved only one woman, with a passion a FLEA like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am. NOW, GO HOME, BOY!" "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones". Albert Einstein 1947 |
| Sun Dec 27, 2020 12:43 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Tacoma Joined: Sat May 4, 2013 Posts: 6214
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Contact WaJim
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| Sun Dec 27, 2020 1:03 pm |
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 Site Supporter  Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 19463 Real Name: Rick
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Arisaka wrote: Contact WaJim Unless it's Euro trash. _________________ ‘What’s the point of being a citizen if an illegal gets all the benefits’ |
| Sun Dec 27, 2020 1:12 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: West Olympia Joined: Mon May 28, 2012 Posts: 6817 Real Name: Matt
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AR15L wrote: Arisaka wrote: Contact WaJim Unless it's Euro trash. Even the Euros are smart enough not to make a truck. _________________ "I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and TANKS! I've seen the headwaters of the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, KILLED MANY MEN! And loved only one woman, with a passion a FLEA like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am. NOW, GO HOME, BOY!" "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones". Albert Einstein 1947 |
| Sun Dec 27, 2020 1:15 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Lakewood, WA Joined: Sat Apr 14, 2012 Posts: 4056 Real Name: brad aka bubba
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mcyclonegt wrote: make model miles? 80s, full size, v8, and less miles is unsure since engine was redone back in early 2000s by previous owner. Sent from my SM-G781U using Tapatalk _________________ ALL MY FIREARMS WILL ONLY BE TRANSFERRED THROUGH I-5 Guns And Ammo (Lacey WA) |
| Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:13 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: RENTON Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 Posts: 20771 Real Name: John
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Do you have a Battery charger?
_________________ Mr. Q wrote: so basically, if you have to smoke some asshole, make sure they become fertilizer and then Bounce? got it. Guntrader wrote: Huh, maybe I was an asshole. NRA Member/RSO SAF 5 Year Donor GOA Member |
| Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:22 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Lakewood, WA Joined: Sat Apr 14, 2012 Posts: 4056 Real Name: brad aka bubba
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usrifle wrote: Do you have a Battery charger? Sent from my SM-G781U using Tapatalk _________________ ALL MY FIREARMS WILL ONLY BE TRANSFERRED THROUGH I-5 Guns And Ammo (Lacey WA) |
| Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:33 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Camano Island, WA Joined: Fri Mar 18, 2011 Posts: 740 Real Name: Jeff
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Bad fuel is your biggest enemy
Change the oil just because.... _________________ The Dude Abides |
| Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:46 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Lakewood, WA Joined: Sat Apr 14, 2012 Posts: 4056 Real Name: brad aka bubba
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Jeffro wrote: Bad fuel is your biggest enemy Change the oil just because.... Sent from my SM-G781U using Tapatalk _________________ ALL MY FIREARMS WILL ONLY BE TRANSFERRED THROUGH I-5 Guns And Ammo (Lacey WA) |
| Sun Dec 27, 2020 6:22 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Not Washington : ) Joined: Thu Aug 2, 2012 Posts: 2832
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Pull the plugs. Squirt some oil in the cylinders, and run a couple revs by hand. Re-install plugs. If any corrosion set in it can prevent cracking a ring if one hangs up on start up. That gas tank may not be siphon proof.
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| Sun Dec 27, 2020 6:26 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Nisqually Valley Joined: Wed Oct 5, 2016 Posts: 4834
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Put a battery in it and fire it up.
Its an old simple rig. My drag boat has a nasty 468 cubic inch big block and sits for a year and I fire it up, run the old gas out and never think twice. I fire up tons of shit thats been sitting. Unless its an old rusted out beater with a rotten tank or something you know nothing about I would not worry ONE bit about the fuel. Sounds like you know the history of the rig and its condition. The gas we have in the PNW is of very good quality, so I would not worry. If we in Utah, I would drain that shit after sitting for 6 months. Run it around for a few days with the heater on high to dry up the mold on the seat belts and steering wheel then change the oil and all the filters. Presto, done! |
| Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:17 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Nisqually Valley Joined: Wed Oct 5, 2016 Posts: 4834
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usrifle wrote: How much old gas is in it? I would siphon/pump as much out as you can and then add some fresh gas before trying to Start it. Your old camaro fired right up on the old nasty fuel!! Never missed a beat. It has a broken crankshaft now! Broke off right behind the balancer. Ive never seen anything like that. |
| Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:22 pm |
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