trucks been sitting for 5 years

He's from the left coast. Crazy talk for the rest of us.

 

most of us don't like to go to california anyways so that has no real affect on the truck we buy

 

Heh. I know of older trucks that will run circles around most of these newer trucks.

 

My neighbor gave me an old 89 International cabover that had been sitting in his back yard for 8 years. up until the last 4 or 5 years, he would go out and start her up every so often. Then the batts went bad and he stopped doing that. Anyhow, he wanted it out of his yard, so I went over with my Suburban, a battery charger and a couple batts I had laying around. Well, after fiddling for awhile, I got enough juice to get the 3406B to turn over and once I got her to turn over fast enough, she fired up like she'd only been shut down the day before. There's a lot of other piddly stuff that needs done, but she runs like a top and the 15sp shifts nice. I'll fix her up and put her to work doing... well.. something, I just don't know what, yet. It's the big bunk and needs cleaned up and paint. Another project I want to tackle is a '76 K100 Aerodyne that an old guy (RIP, Dayton) used to run and I used to work on back in the 80's. I'm going to try to find that truck, see if I can get ahold of it and see what's left. If there's enough, I'll put her back together and, either find work for her or turn her into a show truck.

And then there's this 60's B Model Mack down the road...

 

If it were me and I had the funds, I'd be on it and dragging her home, but that's just me. I love the things...

Try to haggle a bit, though.

What more can you tell us about the 84?

As for draining the tanks, that's not a big deal, just be sure to contain and dispose of the old fuel properly. Mine was actually running pretty good on the old fuel that's in the tanks.

 

For that price send it over here. I wil run it all day long. Just saying.

 

every hose will need to be replaced all rubber will dry out and crack

 

Old diesel will run pretty good. It's not like the corn piss gasoline we have to put up with. At least change the filters and fill them with new fuel. A couple of batts and a wee snort of either should let you know where things stand. (oil okay?) I've fired up quite a few old multifuel and 250 nhc engines in military trucks. Some had sat a real long time. If they have a good heart they will run. It's the rubber and hoses and brakes and batts and bulbs that will drive you crazy.