Re: [old-chevy-truck] How to start a 216 that has been resting sixteen years

2013-09-22 Thread Mark Biery
Don't forget to check the points also.
you could bypass the fuel tank by running some rubber fuel line into a can of 
fresh gas.
 
or take a short cut and use starting fluid at the carb
 


 From: "corval...@peoplepc.com" 
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Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 5:05 PM
Subject: RE: [old-chevy-truck] How to start a 216 that has been resting sixteen 
years
  
   
 
Yes, get all of the old gas out of the
tank, carb and fuel line.  
I would wire brush the plugs and gap them.  
Put some oil in plug holes and let it sit
overnight.  
If you’ve marked the plug wires (#1
is at the radiator) leave the plugs out. 
Maybe look at the oil; change it out plus
filter if there is any chance 16 years of water condensation is in the oil.  
  
It’ll be easiest to turn over with
the plus out. An assistant can tell you if the wires are sparking which means
you won’t have to clean off the wires and pints. 
  
Bill in Corvallis , Oregon 


  
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Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013
2:25 PM
To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [old-chevy-truck] How to
start a 216 that has been resting sixteen years  
  
Hello; I
did try to search the group, because I suspected this question had been
answered before. I was not successful in finding an answer. So I apologize for
the possible rerun.  
I do wish
too determine if my 50 Chevy with a 216 will start. I remember the radiator top
leaked, and it would run hot if ran to long when I parked it the fall
of 97. I can't remember if I ever ran it hotter than I should
have, but something caused me to stop driving it. I have done nothing with
it since it was parked, except put air in the tires, spray the wasp nests,
and move it out of the field last week. This week, I wish to find if the engine
can still fire.  
Seems
I remember I should pour small amounts of oil through the spark plug
openings and let it soak before trying to fire the engine, true? Stale fuel?
That's a problem. Anything else I've overlooked? 
Full
disclosure; I'm on the fence. Not sure yet if my goal is to restore the 5
window, or sell. But either way I'd like to at least know if it would start
again, and how to determine that without causing possible damage to an engine.  
Thanks
for any help. R od LaFranceGreenacres , WA .  
 

RE: [old-chevy-truck] How to start a 216 that has been resting sixteen years

2013-09-22 Thread corvallis
Yes, get all of the old gas out of the tank, carb and fuel line. 

I would wire brush the plugs and gap them. 

Put some oil in plug holes and let it sit overnight. 

If you've marked the plug wires (#1 is at the radiator) leave the plugs out.

Maybe look at the oil; change it out plus filter if there is any chance 16
years of water condensation is in the oil. 

 

It'll be easiest to turn over with the plus out. An assistant can tell you
if the wires are sparking which means you won't have to clean off the wires
and pints.

 

Bill in Corvallis, Oregon

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Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 2:25 PM
To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [old-chevy-truck] How to start a 216 that has been resting sixteen
years

 

Hello;  I did try to search the group, because I suspected this question had
been answered before. I was not successful in finding an answer. So I
apologize for the possible rerun. 

I do wish too determine if my 50 Chevy with a 216 will start. I remember the
radiator top leaked, and it would run hot if ran to long when I parked it
the fall of 97. I can't remember if I ever ran it hotter than I should have,
but something caused me to stop driving it. I have done nothing with it
since it was parked, except put air in the tires, spray the wasp nests, and
move it out of the field last week. This week, I wish to find if the engine
can still fire. 

Seems I remember I should pour small amounts of oil through the spark plug
openings and let it soak before trying to fire the engine, true? Stale fuel?
That's a problem. Anything else I've overlooked?

Full disclosure; I'm on the fence. Not sure yet if my goal is to restore the
5 window, or sell. But either way I'd like to at least know if it would
start again, and how to determine that without causing possible damage to an
engine. 

Thanks for any help. Rod LaFrance Greenacres, WA. 



[old-chevy-truck] How to start a 216 that has been resting sixteen years

2013-09-22 Thread c50truck
















Hello; I did try to search the group, because I suspected this question had been answered before. I was not successful in finding an answer. So I apologize for the possible rerun.  I do wish too determine if my 50 Chevy with a 216 will start. I remember the radiator top leaked, and it would run hot if ran to long when I parked it the fall of 97. I can't remember if I ever ran it hotter than I should have, but something caused me to stop driving it. I have done nothing with it since it was parked, except put air in the tires, spray the wasp nests, and move it out of the field last week. This week, I wish to find if the engine can still fire.  Seems I remember I should pour small amounts of oil through the spark plug openings and let it soak before trying to fire the engine, true? Stale fuel? That's a problem. Anything else I've overlooked? F
 ull disclosure; I'm on the fence. Not sure yet if my goal is to restore the 5 window, or sell. But either way I'd like to at least know if it would start again, and how to determine that without causing possible damage to an engine.  Thanks for any help.  Rod LaFranceGreenacres, WA. 













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