What is too long?

[Rollin Coal]

Well, my motor **** the bed yesterday. I've found a couple candidates but I'm worried about them not being ran in a while. What is an acceptable time period for a motor to have sat for?

 

[plywood]

One thing you should check if they've been a truck for a long time is that water didn't run down behind the hood and into the air cleaner bolt.

 

[MIDNIGHT RIDER]

Well, my motor **** the bed yesterday. I've found a couple candidates but I'm worried about them not being ran in a while. What is an acceptable time period for a motor to have sat for?

Depending on what kind of environment, anywhere from over-night to forever.

Engines kept in a reasonably dry, reasonably heated, building can sit for decades and be no worse for the experience.

But, even in a perfectly climate-controlled building, such things as intake and exhaust should be well-protected from insects and mice; it is completely amazing how much trash a bug can pack way back into some hidey-hole and pack it full.

Also, mouse ***** can eat a hole through a battle-ship.

 

[Rollin Coal]

Well the latest one is a full truck but it has pine needles all over the engine even the the hood is kinda on. I can get it for $500 and I have the cab sold for $100 and I'm sure I can get a good dollar form scrap from the rest(there is a box too)
http://london.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehi...s-1993-Ford-F-350-Crew-Cab-W0QQAdIdZ201147982
Or this one he said he JUST took it out. so who knows... I'll offer him $300
http://london.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehi...EL-ENGINE-1992-F-350-F-250-W0QQAdIdZ201729337
(keep in mind these are canadian prices although the dollar is par and the mileage is KMs)

 

[idi traveler]

My truck sat for 5 yrs. I check that the engine wasn't seized and pull started it and drove it the 34 miles home. The truck cost me finding an air leak on a tractors fuel system.

 

[fx4wannabe]

Mine sat for almost 2yrs before I started working on it and it sat in a junk yard for who knows how long before that. It has a bunch of quirks but overall it runs pretty good.

 

[88beast]

start it first for the whole truck run a drip feed of good diesel to the fuel pump if itll start then take that one plus if you havnt paid its their problem when it breaks

 

[82F100SWB]

Too bad you're not closer... I'd give you my 6.9, I hate to see it sit and languish like it's going to again here...
When I got it in 05, the truck had been parked since at least 00, that's when the plates ran out. Other than some leaky seals form sitting, it's been fine.

 

[Rollin Coal]

start it first for the whole truck run a drip feed of good diesel to the fuel pump if itll start then take that one plus if you havnt paid its their problem when it breaks

Yeah I think you're on to something here.

 

[icanfixall]

The motor in mu rig now had sat on the upper desert for probably a year open to sand and rain. That didn't matter at $78.50 for the motor but.... When I asked the a$$hole why he changed the motorhe said in very bad english... Ess because I drive to mexico.. my home so muuch and ess has lots of miles on it..... Well I got it home and pulled the heads. Lots of rust and water in the cylinders so... I hand crank it just to clean the rust out so I can drive out the pistons.... The motor stops turning. I crank it back and forth... Not going to make a 360 degree spin... Then I see number 5 piston not moving....... Pull pan and find a broken rod at the crank. Yea... High mileage... The ******* broke a rod and didn't tell me but... It didn't do any damage other than the rod so... I sleeved all 8... Lined bored... Decked block and installed turbo rods... Runs like a scaulded dog thats for sure... Someone here said I should have driven back to this nice guy and told him I painted that motor and installed it... And boy-o-boy does it run fine.... I think I would have just kicked him in the sweet spot a few times instead..... That'll help you find your way back home where you belong....

 

[Rollin Coal]

luckily we don't have messicans in canada haha

 

[Agnem]

I've got two running fine that both sat for at least 2 years, through 8 difference seasons and wild termperature swings with the only protection being the hood of the truck.

 

[TwoTone IDI]

luckily we don't have messicans in canada haha

are you thinking of getting another 7.3 or a 6.9?

if i could do it all over again i would have gone 6.9 just for the added peace of mind that i could bore the block with total comfort if necessary... for reasons like what gary said

off topic, i did a bunch of work a couple years back in st. mary's but we stayed in london, cool place. every day i run into somebody else from that area, pretty strange

 

[Rollin Coal]

hahah that's random. I went through st.mary's today actually.

 

[BigRigTech]

I know I'm a little way's out east but a guy I know has a rebuilt 7.3 done at the local Ford dealer with 7000km on it...He said he has the receipts to prove it....Probably get it for $1000 or less....It's still in a small Ford school bus. I would have had it myself if the had the dough right now. He bought it for a spare for his 94 wrecker but he has since left the towing business and sold the truck.