Posted by Hal/ Eastern WA on January 03, 2014 at 22:23:44 from (97.114.74.200):
In Reply to: Winter projects posted by Roy Suomi on January 03, 2014 at 16:31:35:
If it has been sitting in a barn for 15 years without starting the engine, I would suggest pulling the spark plugs and putting a little ATF or light oil down each cylinder, prior to even trying to get the engine to turn over. I have had pretty good luck getting long idle engines to run fairly easily after oiling them and waiting for a couple of weeks.
The old flathead 6 Power Wagons continued to be sold until about 1970. Like you wrote, they looked like something from the 40"s and really didn"t change much over the years. If I remember correctly, the later ones were 12 volt, but I would not stake my life on it. They were tough as nails and very reliable, but kind of slow. Lots of fire departments had brush rigs made out of them.
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