Recommissioning a Jeep

[Great War truck]

I am off to take a look at a Jeep that although fully restored has not left its garage for the last ten years. I guess that the brakes will need looking over, but will the Jeep have any other areas which for certain will need looking over? A full oil change i suppose. If fuel has been left in the petrol tank will this be a problem? Anything else he should be worried about?

 

Thanks

 

Tim

[Richard Farrant]

I If fuel has been left in the petrol tank will this be a problem? Anything else he should be worried about?

 

 

 

Hi Tim,

 

I would definitely drain out any old fuel from the tank and filter. Also worth slackening the fan belt to check the pump is not siezed. I recently had to overhaul a jeep that had been standing for many years, went to turn it over on the handle and the engine appeared siezed solid, it was in fact rust around the impellor and body that had locked it up. Brake hydraulics a certainty, cylinders are so cheap, that it is not worth messing about with them as there is bound to be pitting in the bores.

[Great War truck]

Many thanks. Excellent advice on the fan belt. I had not thought of that.

 

Tim