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| Answer to: 1991 thunderbird SC sitting 20+ years | 13Relevance | 4 years ago | Mod_Man | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| You're going to need to go through everything front to back, top to bottom. With it sitting that long, it will likely cost a pretty penny to get right again. Good luck with it though. | |||||
| RE: 2001 Mustang rear noise after sitting | 13Relevance | 5 years ago | Tyler | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I hardly use the parking brake. And it doesn't do it all the time only when sitting overnight and I go to move it | |||||
| Answer to: How do I treat an F150 that has been sitting for a year | 13Relevance | 5 years ago | Super Dummy | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| First take a 1/2 breaker bar with the correct size socket to the crankshaft pulley to make sure you can turn over the engine by hand. There might be a reason the truck was sitting for a year. My advice is to make sure the engine has not seized. | |||||
| Answer to: Restarting old V8 engine that's been sitting for years? (390 AMC AMX) | 14Relevance | 4 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Usually in that situation I put some Marvel Mystery oil in the cylinders and let it sit for a day or two, then try turning the engine clockwise with a breaker bar and socket. If the car has been sitting for a real long time all of the hoses and fluids will need to be changed. Brakes should be completely rebuilt. If it has the 4-piston Bendix front discs that AMC was using at the time parts are available, but expensive. Companies like Scarebird make conversion kits to make use of more modern parts if desired. Fuel system will need to be flushed out, carb and ... | |||||
| Answer to: AC not blowing cold air when starting vehicle after it’s been sitting in sun for a while | 14Relevance | 5 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| A car that has been sitting in the hot sun has an enormous amount of heat soak in the ductwork and interior of the vehicle. If your AC is not working as efficiently as it should it won't have the capacity to cool down quickly or at all under those conditions. It may be low on refrigerant or there may be some other issue, but if you are not familiar with working on air conditioning take it to an independent mechanic (not a dealer and not a chain like Firestone or Pep Boys). You can easily make matters worse with a cheap "recharge kit" or even injure yourself. ... | |||||
| Forklift lost ALL compression while sitting | 13Relevance | 2 years ago | TeddytheTorkie | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... and a half ago, I was operating it for about two hours. After I was done, I shut it off, parked it and walked away. The afternoon shift came in about two hours later and one of them tried to start it. It just cranks and the engine will not startup. I checked the spark plugs and put new ones in as they were never changed. But by the sound of it turning over, I knew it wasn’t the plugs. So I checked the compression. All 4 cylinder have absolutely 0 compression. I looked into each cylinder to see if the pistons are moving and they are. I decided to take off th ... | |||||
| Front End Sitting Higher with new struts | 13Relevance | 3 years ago | david.masterdd.99 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hey Scotty! So today I replaced the front struts for my 2002 Camry 2.4 with 187k miles with KYB as recommended from your videos. So far so good with the ride quality, but I noticed the the front end is sitting higher than usual (as you can see from the pictures). I've been researching online and I've seen people say that it should eventually settle down after a few hundred miles, to others saying that it usually happens when you go from OEM factory ones to cheap aftermarket ones. What do you think I should do in this case? Thanks! This first picture is h ... | |||||
| 2000 Pajero IO MT sitting for a while barely starts now | 13Relevance | 5 years ago | Johnboy | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Scotty I have a 2000 Pajero IO MT 150km. It's been sitting up for a while. I already cleaned the fuel tank on a fuel lines. It barely wants to start and runs poorly with no power. I believe it might be a fuel issue. I don't want to spend a bunch of money on useless parts. Please help 🙏 | |||||
| How to start a 91 ford f350 7.3 idi that has been sitting for 13 years | 13Relevance | 5 years ago | Bigsschwab | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hello Scotty. I have purchased a1991 ford f350 7.3 idi that has been. sitting for 13 years. Looking to try and get it started but was not sure on the process. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. | |||||
| Starting a vehicle thats been sitting idal for a few years | 13Relevance | 5 years ago | Nova Scotia | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| My local GS&R team have an opportunity to acquire a Ford class C RV real cheap. It hasn't been started for 2 years and hasn't been on the road for 4 years. I/we wonder if the gas would be sour? We don't ethanol gas here. Are there any any other problems that might be concerning about this RV sitting that long? Dave | |||||
| Local mechanic caused thousands of dollars in damage, breach of contract, fraud and more. | 12Relevance | 3 years ago | Equinox | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... can give me some advice on what to do. I apologize for the length. 3 years ago I purchased a 1995 Lexus Sc300 with the 2JZGE engine and automatic trans. The person that I bought the car from was in his early 20s and admitted he was in over his head. At the time I was working 12+ hour days following hurricanes that destroyed a good portion of our state. My job at the time sent company vehicles to a local garage (Chevy and Ford authorized repair centers were closed due to hurricane and the next closest were 2 hours away in Houston) for maintenance work and d ... | |||||
| Why isn't my car starting? | 12Relevance | 3 years ago | Awesumbloxgamin | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hey Scotty, I'm working on my dad's 2003 Toyota Matrix XR that has been sitting outside for about 4 years. The mileage is around 280,000 and it's an automatic. Before it was parked it had a blinking check engine light but I never ran the code. The battery was bought and installed 6 months ago and the car has since drained it. I attached a video of the car trying to start and it definitely does not seem like the battery. I also followed the video you posted "How to Start a car that's Been sitting for Years (Wont Start)" Video of the car trying to start: ... | |||||
| Answer to: Should I buy this car?.. | 11Relevance | 5 years ago | Jacksonishere | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| The problem with a car that old with very low mileage is that it's very likely been sitting for a long time without being driven which is not good for cars. My 07 went a little while without being driven before I bought it and it has 115k miles on it now just to give you some perspective. If the person selling can PROVE that the car wasn't just sitting for years and if it runs and drives good might be a good buy. Either way Scotty always recommends you have a mechanic you trust check the car before purchase. | |||||
| Reasonings for dumping a car | 13Relevance | 5 years ago | DontKnowler | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Dear Scotty, when watching your videos I am a great fan of, more than once I heard you say smth like the following (not exact quotes) in regard to very old cars: "The repairs on this car would cost more than (or almost equal to, or an amount comparable with) what this old car is worth", with the verdict being "The car is not worth fixing and should be dumped". This approach has certain consequences aka downsides: along these lines, for a very old car, almost no serious repair work would be worth doing at all, cause the "official" money value of most old cars is very low, while repairs and parts are relatively expensive. If following these lines, the first slightest defect would virtually leave you with no car at all, and in search for a (probably much newer, cause really old cars in really good shape are extremely rare) replacement car, which will in its turn probably cost a multiple of what your old car was worth. The final total cost of such replacement probably being high enough for you to regret that you have not just, say, thrown a new motor or transmission or anything into your old car fairly regardless of what this repair would have costed. So would it not be more beneficial to consider more parameters (in addition to the residual value of the old car) when taking decisions on repairing vs. dumping old cars which need costly repairs?Such additional parameters being, for example:- the time and effort to be invested by owner into obtaining a proper replacement car and selling his old one;- the realistic (and presumably high) purchase value of a new(er) car, which would count as a proper replacement considering all the usage-relevant criteria / requirements the owner has towards his vehicle, including ease of repairs - if an adequate replacement exists / can be realistically found in good shape at all;- the risk that this new(er) replacement car will have some hidden flaws unnoticed despite pre-purchase inspection;- the cost of re-buying (or transferring to the new car) of all the (if any) aftermarket upgrades or additional equipment that one had installed in his old car;- the price of (if any) model-specific tools and/or accessories the owner might have bought for the old car which will probably not be compatible with the new car, plus the price of re-buying similar items for the new car;- the time and effort car registration and license-plate-obtaining formalities take;etc. etc.All these associated costs may be so much higher than the price of an old car, and even than the price of almost any repairs pending for such... Example: one of my cars, my 1993 Audi Quattro Sport Wagon with AWD and locking rear diff and sport suspension and turbo and chip, full of leather and extras and carrying tons of little or not so little improvements I personally introduced since 1998 - its official residual money value is ridiculously low and is comparable to that of a large flat TV, since the car is that old and has 330+ kkm on it. But it is a fine car, robust like a tank and easy to repair and doing its job just fine. I just cannot imagine which modern replacement would satisfy all my requirements my existing old car already does satisfy at no extra cost to me; neither do I dare to imagine what the price of a closest modern match would be. 40k USD? 80k USD? And I am sure that in terms of repair-friendliness and running / servicing costs any such newer replacement would not even come close to my old Quattro, which is sooo cheap in maintenance... Just for a fraction of the price difference between the current value of my existing car and the purchase price of a comparable more modern replacement, I can at any time have my old car refreshed/rebuilt from scratch by an experienced body shop with all major parts like engine and transmission replaced by new ones. Which I indeed will not do (cause the car runs fine), which makes all this huge price difference between old and new my huge saving my wallet is endlessly happy about, which (this saving) I indeed will lose if I dump my old car just because the repair price of some future repair will be comparable with the minuscule residual money value of the car... Having considered all that and more, my personal conclusion was as follows (and was pretty much the opposite to your suggestions of dumping any old car in need of serious repairs) : I am pretty certain, that for my old cars, repairs of almost ANY severity grade would be financially much more cost-efficient, than just dumping old cars in order to avoid repair costs. Even if the repairs would cost more than the car is worth. Because switching to a directly comparable newer car would cost me so much more, if I even would find a directly comparable newer replacement car at all. Not saying anything negative about your approach and not claiming that mine is better, I would nevertheless be extremely grateful to you if in one of your future vids you could dwell more on how exactly, out of your experience, one should make calculations / take decisions on whether or not to dump his old car in the face of pending repairs. My own considerations I did my best to sum up in the text above. Thanks a lot! Best Regards! | |||||