Can it be saved

[J-Bob]

My 79 sat in a field with 3 freeze plugs pushed out for 3 years. Replaced them and went to a fuel cell (gas tank rust) and I was rolling. Rebuilt carb a few months later and now it purrs like a kitten. Just finished installing 3.73’s and an Eaton Detroit TruTrac yesterday. No whine, howl, clunks, or leaks so far! Go for it.

 

[1983 k20]

I started a 89 6.2 diesel after 15 years of sitting. I put fresh batteries in it and it started . Put fresh gas in it so there is something new in it . And of course fresh batts and tru

 

[B1075]

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Sorry it’s been a while. Finally dug it out of the garage and cleaned it up. Try to starry it this week.

 

[B1075]

*start

 

[BRetty]

You do the old-school blue flames?

 

[B1075]

About 20 years ago in high school auto body class. Painted the whole truck. It’s held up pretty well, garaged most of the time.

 

[idahovette]

@B1075 after reading your post, I go to thinking about the paint on my cars....Nova was painted in 1998 by my son just before our Hot August Night trip to Reno and the Chevelle is about 8 or 9 years older......Wow time flies, but indoor storage helps A LOT!!!!!

 

[B1075]

Time dose fly. Kinda shocked me when I realized it was 20 years ago

 

[scenic760]

Hey All!

Happened upon upon this thread as I too am trying to get a sitting square on the road. And yes, you will RARELY see a square on the road in Socal..someone said that when China was completely booming scrap metal was at $200 per ton and quite a few squares met their fate. Ironic that China's infrastructure is being supplied by US cars..haha

I just bought a 1981 Suburban K1500 (I had to drive 200 miles to find it!) that sat for 4 years outside. I'm having a hard time getting it to turn over and I have pulled the plugs, oiled the cylinders with Deep Creep and am trying to rock the balancer with the bolt on tool they sell. I've gotten it to move maybe 1-2 degrees back and forth but it doesn't seem to be moving much more than that. I did take off the valve covers and it looks like some rust had gotten on the rockers/pushrods on top so I yanked those off and they don't appear to be rusted the length of the pushrods. I put a camera in each cylinder and they actually look pretty good (no rust) with a bit a carbon in a couple...my next guess was to pull the starter as thought it may be binding?

OP- did you get yours going?!

 

[Salty Crusty]

Get a flexplate tool and use it, you can go both ways and get good leverage on it. You take a chance of snapping the balancer bolt or screwing the threads up when trying to turn a partially seized engine over. Once you have the tool, you will wonder how you ever got by without it. Beats hell out of moving 2 teeth at a time with a screwdriver. Chances are that once you get it to move a little bit, it'll roll through the entire 360 degrees. Back and forth and unless you have some major rust, you'll get 'er broke loose.

 

[Powerhouse Ranch]

I started a 89 6.2 diesel after 15 years of sitting. I put fresh batteries in it and it started . Put fresh gas in it so there is something new in it . And of course fresh batts and tru

i do hope you mean diesel fuel rather than gas, in that case it wouldn't have started XD i've seen it happen though

 

[Powerhouse Ranch]

Hey All!

Happened upon upon this thread as I too am trying to get a sitting square on the road. And yes, you will RARELY see a square on the road in Socal..someone said that when China was completely booming scrap metal was at $200 per ton and quite a few squares met their fate. Ironic that China's infrastructure is being supplied by US cars..haha

I just bought a 1981 Suburban K1500 (I had to drive 200 miles to find it!) that sat for 4 years outside. I'm having a hard time getting it to turn over and I have pulled the plugs, oiled the cylinders with Deep Creep and am trying to rock the balancer with the bolt on tool they sell. I've gotten it to move maybe 1-2 degrees back and forth but it doesn't seem to be moving much more than that. I did take off the valve covers and it looks like some rust had gotten on the rockers/pushrods on top so I yanked those off and they don't appear to be rusted the length of the pushrods. I put a camera in each cylinder and they actually look pretty good (no rust) with a bit a carbon in a couple...my next guess was to pull the starter as thought it may be binding?

OP- did you get yours going?!

let me know how it goes, i'm in a similar situation. truck is at original owners house, still working through official titling to then get it towed to my house to actually start on it. been sitting for 4-5 years

 

[C10MixMaster]

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Sorry it’s been a while. Finally dug it out of the garage and cleaned it up. Try to starry it this week.

I've been thinking about doing flames on mine. Seems like a good look for a 70's pickup.

 

[78C10BigTen]

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Sorry it’s been a while. Finally dug it out of the garage and cleaned it up. Try to starry it this week.

Damn!

 

[Grit dog]

Double damn! That truck is beautiful