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Starting Long-Stored Equipment Checklist

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noncompos

08-11-2006 16:17:06




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Anyone know of a good general checklist for starting a long (years) stored vehicle or piece of eqpmt.?? The dozen or so I"ve checked are all pretty pathetic: not bad as far as they go, but all leaving out very important points. I understand lots of pieces of eqpmt have special things to look for, but there should be something general, and at the same time fairly comprehensive, out there somewhere. Any suggestion?? I"m not starting one, but looking for something to get into the articles section. Many thxx.

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CNKS

08-11-2006 20:08:10




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 Re: Starting Long-Stored Equipment Checklist in reply to noncompos, 08-11-2006 16:17:06  
Please don't try to become an author with no experience actually doing what you are writing about. I have put a lot of books back on the shelf because of that, and don't pay much attention to the articles on this forum for the same reason. There are enough of that type of writers already. Before I retired I had to write peer reviewed articles for agricultural scientific journals, based on my own research -- even when I thought I knew what I was talking about, I had to change or prove a lot of my statements before the article got accepted. That prevents misinformation. Most of this and other sites articles are nothing more than someone's opinion, too often incorrect.

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noncompos

08-12-2006 11:57:55




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 Re: Starting Long-Stored Equipment Checklist in reply to CNKS, 08-11-2006 20:08:10  
OH, HE!!, LOL at myself: I just tumbled to what I did wrong--the title was supposed to mean I was looking for an existing checklist for starting long-stored eqpmt, NOT that I was thinking or planning to start writing such a checklist myself
Now that's rich: After years of analyzing writings, and writing myself, I didn't even see the two interpretations. Trying to condense for the title space, I defeated myself and got everyone off on the wrong track. My apologies; I really should've seen it.

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noncompos

08-12-2006 11:47:23




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 Re: Starting Long-Stored Equipment Checklist in reply to CNKS, 08-11-2006 20:08:10  
Owww!! You really know how to hurt a guy (that's a joke!!). Seriously, I wasn't thinking about doing one myself: my experince is limited to older gas engines, cars, lighter trucks (2-3T)and a little const/ind eqpmt; I know nothing of diesels or farm eqpmnt, and nothing of the effects (if any) of long-term storage, or abandonment, on electronic systems.. Someone posted for advice, and out of curiousity I did a little random checking, and what I found was very skimpy (I mean that even with my limited experience I knew they were sadly incomplete). I assumed that somewhere on the net there were more complete articles, complete enough to refer people to, and I thought someone on this site would know of one or more.

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CNKS

08-12-2006 12:02:57




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 Re: Starting Long-Stored Equipment Checklist in reply to noncompos, 08-12-2006 11:47:23  
My intent was not to provide injury. I have often looked on the internet for things I know nothing about. Sometimes successful sometimes not. What has worked is usually no single article or person, but a composite of many opinions and explanations. I doubt if there is a comprehensive discussion of what you want. Basically you remove the plugs and valve cover, put oil in the cylinders and turn it over many times until you think you have complete lubrication then try to start. Also best to pull the oil pan, and clean it out good. Now you have what I consider to be, as I said, "just someone's opinion".

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old

08-11-2006 19:16:13




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 Re: Starting Long-Stored Equipment Checklist in reply to noncompos, 08-11-2006 16:17:06  
A lot depends on how they where stored in the fist place. If done the right way there is few things that need to be done other then maybe an oil change, points and plugs and freash gas. Now if stored wrong ya there can be a long list of things to do. I could give you a list but if I did then I would remember a few things in another day or 2 so the list could get real long. Guess thats why all my engine get run are least once a year or more if I can do so

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noncompos

08-11-2006 20:14:12




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 Re: Starting Long-Stored Equipment Checklist in reply to old, 08-11-2006 19:16:13  
Old & Thnklue: Sorry I didn"t make myself clear in my original post. I"m not starting anything up personally; this site gets a number of requests for such help, and doesn"t have any such checklist in the articles. The few such articles I found, on other sites, weren"t anywhere near complete, and I hoped someone knew of a site that had a good general checklist that could be put into this site, or that could be used to refer people to. Old: you might consider making up a list, little by little, for worst-case situations; it"d be a valuable contribution to the hobby, if no one knows of anything fairly comprehensive. Not something that"d cover individual model quirks, just the common sense things.

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old

08-11-2006 20:43:26




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 Re: Starting Long-Stored Equipment Checklist in reply to noncompos, 08-11-2006 20:14:12  
Ok heres a short list of thing I try to do but can't always do becuase of differant things. #1 fill cylinders with tranny fluid and let sit over night
2 Check.drain all fluids.
3 Install new point, plugs, condenser, cap and rotor.
4 Look over the wireing and make sure theres no shorts/bare wires.
5 Check belts and other parts for beinging locked up. I.E water pump shifter, brakes, and pedles and linkage from carb etc.
Theres probably a good number more but off hand can't think of any

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Thnklue

08-11-2006 17:58:06




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 Re: Starting Long-Stored Equipment Checklist in reply to noncompos, 08-11-2006 16:17:06  
You need talk with Big Mike over on the oaty board. I understand his boss lets him drive a green tractor with mower.



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noncompos

08-11-2006 18:26:53




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 Re: Starting Long-Stored Equipment Checklist in reply to Thnklue, 08-11-2006 17:58:06  
Sorry, your meaning over my head; my experience is gas engines, not farm eqpmt, so I don"t understand the allusion (I"ll just add it to to the rest of the things I don"t understand; there seem to be more every year).



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Thnklue

08-11-2006 18:46:13




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 Re: Starting Long-Stored Equipment Checklist in reply to noncompos, 08-11-2006 18:26:53  
What are you trying to start thats been in long storage?



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