wagonteeth
Hippoverde
In September of 2016, my timing chain broke. I began the tear down to fix it, pulling parts and nuts and bolts and dropping them in ziplocks and labeling them. In October my ex told me she wanted a divorce (which I gladly agreed with). In November, I bought a house and closed that Decemebr, having my torn to pieces 80 towed to my house and rolled her into the shop.
She sat there with the timing cover off, the head in the back and a stuck upper oil pan. I began rebuilding life and it sadly didn't involve the 80.
I had an issue with the oil pan firmly glued on and couldn't budge it for quite some time. Easily distracted, I would try to break it loose and after failing yet again, would be sidetracked for a couple months before repeating the process.
Long story edited, I popped the pan off and ordered a timing set, then got a head gasket kit a few months back.
I met and married a beautiful, fierce, loving Dominican Latina and we began discussing road trips.
She encouraged me to get the 80 running and I took to finding a shop to rework my head. A local shop I found happens to be well known for their work on JDM tuner heads, so I took my tractor head by for a complete resurface and valve job.
The head is now on, the timing set is in and cams are in.
As I near the home stretch (new aisin water pump is on, fuel filter going on today), I have a question about the start up.
A couple years ago I siphoned the gas out of the tank and ran it in my 4runner(with no issues), but as I come close to filling her with fluids, I'm wondering what I should do about the near empty gas tank. I would estimate that there is less than a gallon in there.
I can drain the rest and dump in 5 gallons of ethanol free, but should I include any treatment with the first tank?
She sat there with the timing cover off, the head in the back and a stuck upper oil pan. I began rebuilding life and it sadly didn't involve the 80.
I had an issue with the oil pan firmly glued on and couldn't budge it for quite some time. Easily distracted, I would try to break it loose and after failing yet again, would be sidetracked for a couple months before repeating the process.
Long story edited, I popped the pan off and ordered a timing set, then got a head gasket kit a few months back.
I met and married a beautiful, fierce, loving Dominican Latina and we began discussing road trips.
She encouraged me to get the 80 running and I took to finding a shop to rework my head. A local shop I found happens to be well known for their work on JDM tuner heads, so I took my tractor head by for a complete resurface and valve job.
The head is now on, the timing set is in and cams are in.
As I near the home stretch (new aisin water pump is on, fuel filter going on today), I have a question about the start up.
A couple years ago I siphoned the gas out of the tank and ran it in my 4runner(with no issues), but as I come close to filling her with fluids, I'm wondering what I should do about the near empty gas tank. I would estimate that there is less than a gallon in there.
I can drain the rest and dump in 5 gallons of ethanol free, but should I include any treatment with the first tank?