Big Cam III sitting for 7 years...

Whoa, now. You might be able to get it to roll back home, but I doubt you're going to get it to pass a DOT inspection after some wrenching in a parking lot.

If you just want to baby it home bobtail, then this is what I'd do before I started it.

Grab a valve cover gasket, an air filter, an injector pulling tool, a set of injector O-rings and injector cups, and about 2 gallons of ATF.

Pop the valve cover off, throw out the old gasket, pop out the injectors, dump about a quart of ATF into each cylinder down the injector ports, remove what's left of the old O-rings, then throw the injectors into a bucket of ATF. Clean out the injector ports with a rag and wooden dowel (NO STEEL IN THERE). Also, pull the fuel pump screen filter out, and give it a good cleaning, then top off the fuel pump with ATF, put the filter back in, and close it up. Take off the old fuel filter, and fill the new one with ATF. Then, take the pickup line off the fuel pump and slowly fill that with ATF, and put it back on. Then spend a few hours going over the electrical system, cleaning connections and checking for rodent damage, replacing the batteries, and any bad wires as needed. Then set the valve cover back on top of the rocker box, and go to bed.

In the morning, bar over the engine by hand 10-15 times. If there is no sticking/snagging, then give it a good 30 seconds of cranking in 10 second bursts. The entire engine bay will now be a mess. Pull the valve cover off, and just accept you're about to get filthy. Pull the old injector cups out, and set the new ones. Check the injectors for free pin movement, set on the new o-rings using engine oil as lube, and pop them back in CAREFULLY if they're good. Take a few rags and start cleaning the top of the rocker box and the exhaust manifold and turbo piping (just get rid of the pooled up ATF). Slap on the new valve cover gasket and valve cover. DO NOT OVERTORQUE THE VALVE COVER BOLTS. Then, inspect the air filter and cool side of the turbo for rats nests and anything else you don't want in the engine. Make sure the turbo is spinning freely with no slop, then give it some engine oil for good luck. Give it all a good cleaning out, throw in the new air filter, and close it up.

Then, go ahead and fire it up, and if you can get the brakes broken free, roll it slowly to the nearest shop for some new wheel seals and tires (I'd get new bearings and brake kits while I was at it), along with modern reflective tape as needed.

Then, you're ready to ATTEMPT a DOT annual inspection some 2 days and $6,000 later, assuming every fuel, air, and coolant hose on the thing isn't gushing its contents at this point.

Have fun making it back to the border in one piece.

 

Why would you replace the injector cups, you need to drain antifreeze before you can pull them, also a big cam has three rocker covers, and injector o-rings are installed on the injector before installation in the head.

 

Regarding ate fluid go with the lowest grade aka cheap stuff as it doesn't have as many friction modifiers in it which don't burn .. I have used atf in filters in the past but now I just fill with howes or something similar does the same thing

 

i would change the oil and fuel filters look the belts an hoses over an if it spins over drive it 20min should be fine

 

my goodness

 

I got as much right to be on this site as you do! I haven't said nothing negative towards your post or what your doing with the truck! btw what does troll mean anyway?

 

read this thread the other day and didnt have time to comment. Trailering the truck home is by far the cheapest and smartest way to go. you will probably open a few cans of worms and spend days tryin to just get it to move under its own power to load and unload. a local wrecker company and a couple of bucks on both ends will be faster and easier. good luck and keep on keepin on!

 

Don't think I would pull a load with it , not because it couldn't do it. but why take a chance on hurting a great engine. get it home and
fill that baby up with new fluids and let her roll.