So my father in law has a 1986 Toyota Pickup 2wd; has 234,249 miles on it. He is the original owner. I have the opportunity to take it off his hands and am beyond excited about it

Heres the issue; it has been sitting for maybe 3-4 years, it was running fine when parked, just the clutch went out and he never got around to fixing it because he has other vehicles.

I was wondering what route should i take when i get the truck? I have read up about a diesel flush or ATF flush but just not sure what to do?

Anything will help, thanks in advance!

 

Slow charge the battery. Change the oil and coolant, drain the old gas and blow out the lines to the fuel filter. Replace fuel filter. Pull the spark plugs, squirt a tablespoon of atf in each cylinder, let sit overnight. Turn the engine by hand a full rotation or two and then turn the key and hopefully have a strong running engine. Then replace the clutch and have a blast.

 

Then just where you live plays in .

Dead batteries and freezing temps don`t play well.

I am good for a few batteries I forget about most winters

 

Wyoming9: You mean you go through a few batteries each winter? What part of Wyoming you in, from 2012-13 I lived in Casper. It got good and cold and I was definitely skiing Casper mountain a few times, but I noticed the state seemed to preserve old cars. A neighbor had a late 70's fj40 in unrestored running condition.

 

No longer in the Cowboy State

Moved east for a High paying job young and dumb never should have left .

In eastern Pa

When you have many Toyota Projects I tend to forget one or 2 and the discharged batteries freeze and are pretty much done.

Then getting old seems my ambition is not what it was 12 hour work days does not help

 

you could do what GSP4Life advises - which BTW s the RIGHT way

or

put in a new battery (and in my case a new starter) and WTF - start it....
(well - I cranked it w/ the coil disconnected - for some time - to get the oil pressure up - which of course - flooded the engine)
It had sat for oh 6+ years
But in a barn
Tank had 1/2 evaporated
Synth Oil int he crank case

needed a ton of stuff (like new tires - dry rot)
but - yeah - I drove it 50+ miles back to my house