Woke up 84 - Purrrs like a kitten!

NEDLUTZ wrote: Scott I think sun is gettin ready to come out!!!

Hope so!
How ya been?

NEDLUTZ wrote: been doing good scott glad u asked ,getting ready to head to the camp.. hope all this rain brings the pond up some it was getting low. don't want to hit bottom with the boat,that would s???k big time,good luck with your boat if you need any tools or help let me no!!! B. Scott your email is private,i was going give you my # if you had any questions 369-6276 cell

Thanks man, appreciate it.
Hopefully this old tug will cooperate soon!

I think what your fighting is rusty bores once you get it moving.Might be worth filling the cylinders as much as possible,but awful messy.

Bob

Any suggestions for getting the fuel pumping through the veins again?
I've drained the tank pretty well. (Seems like there is still a small amount in the bottom that just can't seem to pump out).
Will filling with a fresh 30 gallons be OK now?
Should I be adding some gas to carb.?

Tips I've gotten is to get her started, run until warm and then change oil.

Suggest priming the oil system before firing it up. Buffalo BFN already posted this. Just need to pull the dizzy & use a screwdriver extension on a drill. Make sure & get the dizzy back in the same position - take a picture if need be.

Well, she's loose and spinning free.
Spent a lot of time gently rocking her back and forth by hand.
Put battery back in and went to bumping her to spin oil out.
Turned key off and she just kept spinning! Guess the relay is sticking. (That must heve been the problem when I thought the starter was stuck engaged.) A good tap with the socket wrench frees it.

Now getting her started seems to be the next hurdle.
Added full tank of new gas. Gas does'nt seem to be getting up to carb yet. But, even priming carb didn't seem like she had any fire.
The secondary throttle/air flapper seemed locked up. Soaked that PB and got it so it would move by hand again.
Pulled off Dist.cap and cleaned that up.

Still plugging away at it!

Dreaming wrote: I use my hand as a seal, and put a little pressure in by using my blow gun in short spurts

Sorry guys...I've watched ya'll play this game for awhile. Couldn't resist.

Lots of good info here, in fact it probably should be stickied.
I like the bell housing hole idea and Erics air hose idea(I bet your shop compressor is running lots of pressure).
I do some antique cars and my first step is to drain the oil and fill the engine up to the top of the barrels with diesel fuel. I let it sit for weeks if nessesary and try to give it a little crank everyday until I get it spinning free. I had an old "hit n' miss"(Pete knows what this is) that took me a whole winter to free up but it had been out in a field for over 50 years.

Glad you got yours free Nauti84.

scott give my cousin Arther a call he lives next to my mom tell him who you r and that you no me and the family..he does house calls very cheap,i don't have his number but i can get it for you. or you can stop by and talk to him.

NEDLUTZ wrote: scott give my cousin Arther a call he lives next to my mom tell him who you r and that you no me and the family..he does house calls very cheap,i don't have his number but i can get it for you. or you can stop by and talk to him.

Thanks.
Don't think I actually know him, but my daughter's boyfriend's father is into the classic cars and knows/does some work with him.

Dreaming wrote: Try the battery first.... Carbs are more expensive, and usually a 6 yr old batt is pretty well on its last legs even if it was on a trickle charger.   THe jump may not help because of voltage drop through the cables, and the resistance through an old weak battery. You've got to spin the motor reasonably fast for it to crank.... definitly start with the easy stuff

Thanks. Makes sense.
Think I'll pull one of my RV batteries and give it a try.

RV house batteries are typically deep cycle not starting batteries and may even be 6v so check it out before yanking them out, I would just go buy a new one you'll need it anyway.

Gary S wrote: Keeganino wrote: + 1 on new battery My battery was 5 years old and was reading 12.3, so I kept thinking it was good. Since my little Mustang doesn't have much of an electrical load, I always use one out of one of my cars and get a new one for it.Right now I'm still using the original battery out of my '01 Cherokee

That is a good battery!

Almost there!
She's kicking and sputtering, fighting to turn over.
(Weak battery seemed to be biggest prob.)
Now just seem to be having trouble getting the gas flow.
Will also grab some new plugs, but was hoping that the old ones cleaned up would at least get it to turn over before changing.

New plugs in.
She's so close to starting. Doesn't seem to be pulling any gas though.
Can someone explain how the fuel system works?
I've tried priming fuel filter, but I don't seem to be getting it up to the carb.