Starting back up after Roll Over

[Brian Macgyver]

Jackson, you know better. Just ask my brother at the monthly AZ meet. He had his 80 roof-down in Martinez Canyon. Were you there that day? It was raining and muddy. The roof was crushed and the left side destroyed.
I bought it from him after that, I couldn't bring myself to let it go to salvage. It's a good truck and didn't deserve that. You've seen the green machine at meets since then. I have driven it 10,000 miles since. It's now a John Deere green stock 80 with 3" lift. Looks great and no sheet metal replaced.
!0,000 miles later the plugs are beginning to foul from the oil dousing. I'll have to replace them. No other adverse effects to date, except for body damage.

 

[actionjackson]

Thanks for all the replies. That's just what I needed.

 

[Brian Macgyver]

My apologies, Jackson, I mistook your name for our local Jackson. He would have seen a rolled and repaired 80 at club meets.
When any truck rolls over, you have to deal with oil in the top of the engine. I.E. it runs up into the cylinders. You must remove the spark plugs and pump the oil out of the top end. After that it will most likely smoke like a pothead for a while until it clears out. Then you need to check engine oil level to find out how much oil was lost. You also need to check fluid levels in diff's, trans, and transfer cases. All of these things tend to leak when inverted.
Unfortunately, most of them leak directly onto interior upholstery. I bought my 80 after it was rolled. I have cleaned out a rolled 80 that had gear oil on the headliner and ATF in the console. It was not pretty. But my leather seats are well lubed! They are soft and supple!
At a total cost of $4200 for an 80 with lockers it was a bargain, but the cleanup was not much fun. I can vouch for that!
I would suggest that you may want to keep the wheels down on yours.
Just my humble opinion on that, of course. But the wheels are best placed on the gravity side of the truck. Lockers don't help much when the tires are on top and the roof is down!

 

[Brian Macgyver]

P.S.
The above is an opinion and is not supported by any government data.