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what should I do before I start a 86 gt that was sitting since 91 in a garage
 

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change oil, Prime oil pump, drain and replace the gas (if you can call 16 year old gas - gas anymore) I would maby try and move the crank back and forth a little with a jhonston bar to maby help keeping it from spinning a bearing. make sure the plugs are not all rusted by now. And maby squirt a little lube down each cyl when the plugs are out.
 

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when you change the oil use a thin oil to replace until you get it running. When doing my 82 Capri several years ago I spun the motor without plugs until it built oil pressure. Then I replace the pugs and fired her up. It smoked and ran like **** but after it warmed up things fell back in to place.

Allen
 

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Give it to me!
 

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squirt a little oil in the spark plugs holes and turn the motor over by hand a few times.


First time you crank it with the starter, unplug the coil wire and turn it over so it won't fire. Do that for maybe 10-15 second bursts (let the start cool between then) and then try to live crank it over
 

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p.winfield said:
what should I do before I start a 86 gt that was sitting since 91 in a garage
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why has the car been siting for 16 years?
 
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It has been sitting for 16 year , because my friend got a new truck at that time. It has only 5823. miles .
 
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PICS!!!! I wanna see pics of the inside, outside, and under the hood!

Do you own the car now?
 
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I will post pic at a later date . It is dusty on the outside ,and the inside is a-1 . It was never in the snow and only once in the rain . I will be moving it to my house in a few days .But must first find out what to do before I start it up.
 
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