From: uniquemachine@cybcon.com
Date: Sat Nov 09 2002 - 17:22:11 PST
When I got my M151A2, it had sat for a couple of years and the
motor was stuck. So I pulled and cleaned all the sparkplugs and
sprayed kroil into the cylinders several different times and kept
trying to turn the motor over by hand. After a bunch of tries, it
popped loose and spun quite nicely. So I changed the oil and
coolant, rebuilt the carb, and cleaned everything up, hooked up the
batteries and fired it up. It started up quite nicely and now starts
without even having to use the choke.
Jon
> Paul, I would say that your front wheels started turning because the sprag
> had engaged. If the back wheels start spinning a certain percentage faster
> (can't remember what %) than the front, the sprag engages front wheel drive.
> As far as starting the Reo, have you tried to turn it over by hand? If it's
> not locked up you could probably try starting it up. Better off to pull all
> plugs and squirt some light oil in the cylinders and let it sit for a while.
> Marvel mystery oil or Kroil comes to mind. Once it has sit for a while, crank
> it over without plugs for a bit. It will spin easily and promote circulating
> oil into the galleries that have long since drained out. Do this a few times
> as an extra precaution. After its cleared out, drop the plugs back in and go
> for it. Have you read the manual on sarting your gasser? Now's the time!
>
> Kenneth Engle
> Loxahatchee, FL U.S.A.
> AM General M-35A2 w/w
> Fruehauf M105A1
> MVPA #24371
> http://hometown.aol.com/recovry4x4/myhomepage/photo.html
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