Good stuff Jaime. I always enjoy your posts:) Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 4, 2013, at 6:41 PM, Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> wrote: > It really depends on what kind of car, how long its been sitting, and in > what type of conditions it was stored. My 450SLC 5.0 was a pretty extreme > case, having been sitting 10+ years. > > It was important that it was stored in a dry place. That is, looking under > the valve covers showed no rust at all. Just oily surfaces. If you see > rust, its bad, might be junk. > > Heres a short (and probably incomplete list of what was done): > 1) Replace complete fuel system, everything: used fuel tank, new pump, > filter, accumulator, all hoses at tank and engine, rebuilt fuel > distributor, rebuilt warm up regulator, new injectors. Blow out and flush > solid lines. > 2) Remove plugs, put some oil in cylinders, and make sure engine can rotate > by hand. You may want to soak, etc here. > 3) With fresh oil and filter, and plugs still out, crank engine with > starter to build oil pressure. Best done without fuel pump running. > 4) Install new plugs, if ignition looks questionable, replace everything. > 5) Start engine. > 6) Do some basic tuning, it should run pretty well at this point. Now > identify everything else you need to do. > > From here: replace all fluids (trans, PS, diff, coolant). All brakes, > including hoses. Then you can drive the car a bit and see what else you > need to do. > > The point is to replace everything so the car is reliable and you're not > chasing gremlins for months or years. Its extreme, I know. > > I've found that if stored correctly, they can come back to life very > nicely. Whats important is that things didn't start to rust, seize, or get > stuck. I also don't bother with cars with higher mileage. A car needs to > be pretty special for one reason or another to warrant this kind of > attention. > > My 1967 300SEL was worse than the 450SLC 5.0, but came back just as well. > I also had to do air suspension stuff, free up the injection pump, and > deal with damage from mice. But its a really cool car with 53k documented > miles, well worth the effort. Still loads of work to do on this one. > > Jaime > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Rick Knoble <rickkno...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> On Jan 4, 2013, at 4:33 PM, "Jaime Kopchinski" <jaime...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> And the cars I buy are ones that most people >>> are terrified of: ones that have sat unused for long periods of time. >> But >>> getting them back into original running condition is what I enjoy doing. >> >> >> I have one or two cars that have been parked for a while. I also come >> across cars that have been parked for long periods for sale. What needs >> attention and what should be looked at when preparing a long sitting auto >> for return to service? >> >> Rick >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
