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- Anson2077 December 2010
1953 239 Flathead, non-running
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I have a 1953 Ford F-600 cab&chassis with the 239 Flathead. It ran when parked 11 years ago, but naturally, it won't even try now. I haven't touched it at all, but I am planning to start work soon. Any tips on how to get it running? As far as I know, it was filled with antifreeze 11 years ago, so the engine shouldn't have frozen at all (the worst winter we had was in 2004, so its only been through one really bad winter). This truck was purchased by my father in 1998, and parked in 1999. He was going to rebuild it, but he's gone now. Its a big deal for me to rebuild it. So, any tips or help would be really useful.
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Where are you located? There are many questions that need to be answered. Firstly if the engine has sat that long the likely hood of it starting right up is minimal. You'll need to take out the plugs and poor in some sort of penetrating fluid like wd-40 or pb blaster to free the rings. Changing the oil and water anti-freeze mix is also necessary. but you may end up needing to rebuild the engine anyway.
What exactly have you done? Juts connected a battery and tried to start it? Was it kept in a clean dry place?
If you end up needing to rebuild it let me know I'll do it for free you just pay to ship it to me and back to you and any parts and machine work needed. For what you want it should be fairly inexpensive.
