Buying a van that has been sitting for years?
I've been searching and searching, but it's hard to find a van with the specs I want. I just talked to a guy who is selling one. The catch is, he inherited it, and it has not been driven since his...
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Just to add my experience. Years ago I bought 1969 Ford LTD from my neighbor (for $1) .
At 170k the car died on freeway and they park it under pine for 6 or 7 years before I come with the offer.
I replaced fuel pump, what was likely source of main problem, cleaned the "sock" in the tank, replaced starter that died on long cranking and replaced filter that was build-into carburetor.
Even I cleaned the tank, the finger-sized filter was clogging every few miles for next 200 miles.
I remember replacing like 8 of them before I could drive the car across the county without stalling.
With this experience I would steam clean the tank and install prefilter, but with FI that can turn almost impossible.
At 170k the car died on freeway and they park it under pine for 6 or 7 years before I come with the offer.
I replaced fuel pump, what was likely source of main problem, cleaned the "sock" in the tank, replaced starter that died on long cranking and replaced filter that was build-into carburetor.
Even I cleaned the tank, the finger-sized filter was clogging every few miles for next 200 miles.
I remember replacing like 8 of them before I could drive the car across the county without stalling.
With this experience I would steam clean the tank and install prefilter, but with FI that can turn almost impossible.
