Spacemonkee23
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- June 4, 2014
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- California, East Bay
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1984
Hi all,
I am new to this forum and to the bronco as a whole. An old friend is giving me his 84 Bronco II with 150,x.. miles. It was in running condition when he parked it in a warehouse and covered it. 15+ years later he had it towed to his house and now wants it gone... Thats where I come in, I am heading over there this weekend to try and start it to get it home (15 mile drive or so). Towing is my last option if I can't get it started.
What should I do before I crank the key to start this sleeping beast.
- Drain the gas (now varnish) flush the lines, new gas.
- pull the plugs and squirt some oil in the cylinders manually turn the motor make sure its not seized
- New Battery
- check all hoses
- oil change and coolant flush
- carb cleaner everywhere in the carb(until I can replace-options- or rebuild it)
- START IT?
I would like to make it a daily-ish and trail rig.
any other help or input would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
here is a pic of it.
I am new to this forum and to the bronco as a whole. An old friend is giving me his 84 Bronco II with 150,x.. miles. It was in running condition when he parked it in a warehouse and covered it. 15+ years later he had it towed to his house and now wants it gone... Thats where I come in, I am heading over there this weekend to try and start it to get it home (15 mile drive or so). Towing is my last option if I can't get it started.
What should I do before I crank the key to start this sleeping beast.
- Drain the gas (now varnish) flush the lines, new gas.
- pull the plugs and squirt some oil in the cylinders manually turn the motor make sure its not seized
- New Battery
- check all hoses
- oil change and coolant flush
- carb cleaner everywhere in the carb(until I can replace-options- or rebuild it)
- START IT?
I would like to make it a daily-ish and trail rig.
any other help or input would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
here is a pic of it.