Put an electric space heater under it overnight pointed up. Don't get it to close, however. You don't want to cook any seals or start a fire. There will be enough heat energy absorbed by the metal and spread through the engine to get it up at least to 32 degrees. That should be sufficient for a fairly easy start. John Rodgers 88 Gl Driver sleepingmonkey1 wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Joel Walker" <jwalker17@earthlink.net> >To: "sleepingmonkey1" <sleepingmonkey1@JUNO.COM> >Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 8:28 PM >Subject: Re: 85 GL still won't start > >yeah. dude I think I read that bit about the 10 guage lead in the archives. >choice idea! >I have the battery charghing now... >got to thinkin though it is pretty cold out ... >and the oil I put in seemed pretty thick... >and the van has not been run in a while... >is there some sort of flushing product I could "loosen" > some of the grud that is sure to be in there and give the bearings, lifters >and such and fair chance at rotation? > > > |
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