Recommissioning after standing for a while - best way?
Hey all :)
I'm pleased to see this place is still going!
I don't know where time's gone but it's been a few years since I've been running my valver - I feared the MOT man's view of my rust so I just parked it up, and since then I imagine things have only got worse... :sad:
That said, I need a working car, so inbetween getting tempted by Mk1 MX5s :shock: I'm thinking about getting the old girl running again.
I'm assuming it would be wise to charge the battery (or buy a new one as this one is probably dead... lol), drain and refill the oil, check the sparkplugs and all fluid levels, stick some new petrol in the tank, and then take off the main HT lead so I can turn it over and get the oil round the engine before starting it up?
Anything else I should do?
I'm aware that my brakes are now more rust than metal, the brake fluid is probably more water than anything else, the rear calipers have probably seized, the wipers have perished, and the tyres will have flatspotted...
I guess the main dilemma is do I spend some money on new bits (so trying to start it won't kill it) when it may well fail the MOT spectacularly and need an entire new floorpan and sills?? :upset2:
I was hoping to be rich enough to give the whole thing a restoration by now but that hasn't happened... :-(