Nick1994
$100 site donor 2024
Kind of a pointless post, but I was helping out a family member, it's her mom's 98' S10 2.2L 5-speed that she's had since new, only has 125k miles. She hasnt been able to drive for about 5-6 years so the pickup has mostly been sitting. It was last started almost 2 years ago, but hasn't been touched since then.
She asked for help getting it moved to another spot in the driveway and I was able to get the battery charged somehow, it was totally dead, but then it was all crank and no fire. I couldn't hear the fuel pump so I swapped the relay with the A/C relay and that didn't help, fuel schrader valve was dry too. I ordered up a cheapo $30 TYC fuel pump assembly and a new fuel filter and installed it today. It wasn't too bad of a job but I did have to unbolt the bed and lift up the front of it to get to the pump.
Not sure if it's just age, the heat, or old gas but the hose that led from the top of the fuel pump assembly down to the bottom was disintegrating. Also the strainer was toast. I was able to use a hand pump and get out 6 gallons of old stinky gas and I filled it up with 4 gallons of fresh 91 octane.
Got the truck to start but it seemed like it might have been firing on 3 cylinders, not exactly sure. It ran for about a minute or two but then started running a little bit rougher, so I turned it off. Started it one more time and it started then stalled. Now it won't crank! I had wondered if the engine seized up but I stuck a ratchet on the crank and it does seem to turn, but there's another noise and some resistance. I think the starter is stuck sticking out on the flywheel. It just clicks loudly and if you whack it with a hammer or let it sit a few minutes it'll do 1 crank and lock up again.
I guess the moral of the story is, keep those cars moving and don't let them sit. She's deciding what she wants to do at this point, she wanted to give it to a nephew who could work on it for a few years with his dad until he gets his license.
She asked for help getting it moved to another spot in the driveway and I was able to get the battery charged somehow, it was totally dead, but then it was all crank and no fire. I couldn't hear the fuel pump so I swapped the relay with the A/C relay and that didn't help, fuel schrader valve was dry too. I ordered up a cheapo $30 TYC fuel pump assembly and a new fuel filter and installed it today. It wasn't too bad of a job but I did have to unbolt the bed and lift up the front of it to get to the pump.
Not sure if it's just age, the heat, or old gas but the hose that led from the top of the fuel pump assembly down to the bottom was disintegrating. Also the strainer was toast. I was able to use a hand pump and get out 6 gallons of old stinky gas and I filled it up with 4 gallons of fresh 91 octane.
Got the truck to start but it seemed like it might have been firing on 3 cylinders, not exactly sure. It ran for about a minute or two but then started running a little bit rougher, so I turned it off. Started it one more time and it started then stalled. Now it won't crank! I had wondered if the engine seized up but I stuck a ratchet on the crank and it does seem to turn, but there's another noise and some resistance. I think the starter is stuck sticking out on the flywheel. It just clicks loudly and if you whack it with a hammer or let it sit a few minutes it'll do 1 crank and lock up again.
I guess the moral of the story is, keep those cars moving and don't let them sit. She's deciding what she wants to do at this point, she wanted to give it to a nephew who could work on it for a few years with his dad until he gets his license.