trying to resurrect a 93 that has been sitting 2 yrs won't start

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Oh man what a night my boy and I got her running.. He was so excited to see all our hard work come together.. I was pretty excited as well. However my mind goes right to what else is broken so I am trying not to get too excited. It fired right up after we got the cams aligned and runs nice and smooth. We let it get up to temp and I kept an eye on the coolant in the radiator to see it start moving around. I did not notice any signs of a bad HG at this time. We then got gutsy and decided to take her for a spin around the block. So you have to picture this in your mind. My son and I in garage clothes and rubber gloves both wearing respirators on our face due to the smelly moldy interior and it is nice and dark out. Everything seems to be going well. Made some creaking noises thinking drive shaft needs lubed up. Brakes were noisy all stuff you expect to hear from a car that has sit for a few years. We found out the power steering does not work.. Will have to investigate that. And we also found out the alternator does not work as we got stranded about 1/4 mile from home. Here we are in our get ups looking at the car and a nice lady pulls up to her house. She could not get inside fast enough. We walked home got the portable jumper (should have brought it with us to begin with) jumped the LC and drove home on jumper battery power. Have not noticed any leaks yet.. We set the timing to factory specs and put the battery on the charger. Looks like we have some more work to do but we are happy she is running. Hopefully she will run well for many more miles to come. Thanks Again to all the help here.. We could not have done it without everyone's help.. I hope from what I learned here over the last few weeks I can pass on to other members that need help.. And on that note here is the video of her coming to life after all these years. Now the fun begins ;>)

 
:bounce2::clap::clap::bounce: That's the best thing ever! Congratulations!
 
The case has been solved! Now I can sleep ;)
 
@ariff i'm sorry I have not followed your thread here in 80 forum. There are so many build threads that I often times just skip them. I saw your tag tonight and remembered you were from Lawrence. I could have given you a hand getting your cams setup. Anyhow, if you need someone to look your truck over or just want to talk land cruisers you are always welcome to stop by the station some weekend when I'm working. Or you can meet me at Miltons some weekend when I come off of shift. Take care, feel free to PM me. Nice work getting it running btw.
 
This is awesome congrats! And to think that you were about to throw in the towel. I think everyone in the thread knew that the engine needed major diagnosing/inspection before giving up and it would have pained us all to see you part it out.

As for the alternator I'm sure the brushes are a bit corroded from sitting for a while. It's worth a shot to take some sand paper and clean them up before replacing. And if you do need to replace search for the brush part numbers on here and rebuild it yourself...Save you a few bucks to throw into getting that interior/power steering back in order.

I Hope to have a similar project with my son one day..He's only 6months so I have a bit longer to wait a few years.
 
Congratulations Aaron!!!

Looks like awesome adventures! You are making memories and THAT'S what it's all about!


As well as the idea that "I can overcome anything if I'm willing to try!!!"
 
Congratulations men! Way to stick with it and get it going again. Awesome experience to share with your boy, now keep up the good work!
 
lastresort576 said:
This is awesome congrats! And to think that you were about to throw in the towel. I think everyone in the thread knew that the engine needed major diagnosing/inspection before giving up and it would have pained us all to see you part it out.

As for the alternator I'm sure the brushes are a bit corroded from sitting for a while. It's worth a shot to take some sand paper and clean them up before replacing. And if you do need to replace search for the brush part numbers on here and rebuild it yourself...Save you a few bucks to throw into getting that interior/power steering back in order.

I Hope to have a similar project with my son one day..He's only 6months so I have a bit longer to wait a few years.
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Yup I have already been reading up on how to rebuild the alternator.. Hope it is not the regulator and just the brushes.. Looking at power steering last night and the reservoir was dry.. No fluid on the dip stick at all. Hopefully that was what was causing the problem.
 
Congrats on getting the truck running, I've been following these threads with interest. Looks like y'all are well on your way to a good father/son project. Can't wait to see y'all get that interior whipped into shape!
 
SAWEET!! This is great news!
 
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