re: #148 thedopefishlives

Actually, funny you should mention doing all the things. Mrs. Fish wanted a birthday present. A BIG birthday present. So on Saturday, I am going to meander over to the Mrs. Fish’s folks’ house and dig out a veritable land whale from their fence row - a 1979 Lincoln Continental - and attempt to return it to a driveable state. It needs all the things done to it after sitting for 12 years.

That will be a labor of true love. The longer a car sits, the harder it is to restore. If the engine has not been run in a long while, the gasoline has probably dried to a kind of varnish in the carb(s), and those will need overhauling. Plus, the cylinder walls have probably rusted a bit and/or the rings have rusted to the walls, so squirting some penetrating oil into each cylinder before you crank the engine is advised.