Ok the milage quoted in most of the adds on the Washington trucks was not the milage on the truck but the motor. Except mine . Mine had the vehicle milage as 44 thousand . But the vehicle certainly has more milage than that . The speedo says 44000 . The engine is pretty clean with mild coating of oil film in spots .
Air filter has 6-30-01 and 38,088
Fuel has 12-15-01
Oil filter has 12-17-o3 and the oil is pretty darn clean looking
All the wear points on the pulleys had a tiny coating of rust from sitting.
marked on the fire wall is " next valve adjustment @ 58,000
The timing cover has been off in the past
The motor is an 86
I popped a valve cover and the oil was atad black but there is no sludge and the head shows clean metal when touched with a rag.
Looks like the head has never been off.
The representative implied that this engine had the lowest milage of the last bunch up for auction.
Engine burns no blue . and only farted some black when i screwed up on a shift point a few times on the road.
There is a little bit of oil at the bottom of the breather tube.
All the black paint that was tossed on the frame when the engine was changed to a 4bt is still there and shiny.
Engine fires on the first crank.
So what do you figure is on the thing ? I can not see how it is possible to have such low milage on a motor. But the air filter and oil filter dates would seem to indicate that the engine did not get much use . The fuel filter is clean on the outside and so is the oil filter for that matter. No oil film on either. The engine was not steam cleaned and the oil film wipes off with a rag.
I will pull the bottom end off this thing and know for sure what the milage is but from the outside this looks down right silly in the way of milage.
Bruce
Air filter has 6-30-01 and 38,088
Fuel has 12-15-01
Oil filter has 12-17-o3 and the oil is pretty darn clean looking
All the wear points on the pulleys had a tiny coating of rust from sitting.
marked on the fire wall is " next valve adjustment @ 58,000
The timing cover has been off in the past
The motor is an 86
I popped a valve cover and the oil was atad black but there is no sludge and the head shows clean metal when touched with a rag.
Looks like the head has never been off.
The representative implied that this engine had the lowest milage of the last bunch up for auction.
Engine burns no blue . and only farted some black when i screwed up on a shift point a few times on the road.
There is a little bit of oil at the bottom of the breather tube.
All the black paint that was tossed on the frame when the engine was changed to a 4bt is still there and shiny.
Engine fires on the first crank.
So what do you figure is on the thing ? I can not see how it is possible to have such low milage on a motor. But the air filter and oil filter dates would seem to indicate that the engine did not get much use . The fuel filter is clean on the outside and so is the oil filter for that matter. No oil film on either. The engine was not steam cleaned and the oil film wipes off with a rag.
I will pull the bottom end off this thing and know for sure what the milage is but from the outside this looks down right silly in the way of milage.
Bruce