[Shotimes] long long time standing...

Zach Leahy Zach Leahy <leahyz@gmail.com>
Fri, 20 May 2005 07:36:54 -0500


No, not quite yet.  But if it rattles next time you start it, then
it's time to tear it apart!  :)

Z

On 5/19/05, George Fourchy <krazgeo@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 May 2005 15:58:10 -0500, Zach Leahy wrote:
> 
> >Yup, and if you are real paranoid, pull the DIS connector and crank.
> 
> Lately I do this to any car that has been sitting for a week or more....the truck,
> the GS, the Tauri.....any one of them.  You shoulda heard the CV and the '98 Sable
> start after they'd been sitting for a while.....Zach or Mark would have wanted to
> tear them down for rod bearings that instant.
> 
> Last time the CV sat, before being sold, it hadn't run all winter.  I cranked it for
> about 40 seconds with the fuel pump button out, and it made ALL the difference.
> 
> Easy insurance.
> 
> George
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