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Originally Posted by Bearhawg

Hello all. I'm about to pull our old farm truck out of the barn and begin using it around the home place. It's amazing how many times in the past few years my brother and I have said, "damn, this would be easier if we had "the truck" Anyway, this was the only farm truck my dad purchased new. It was used as a grain truck carrying corn, soybeans, peanuts, etc to the elevator in town about 6 miles away. Hundreds of 6 mile trips over the years. Maybe thousands. It was used regularly until he passed 6 years ago. I think its a '66-67. I've worked on my '70 C10 a lot but never something this big but the basics should be the same. I'm pretty sure its a 327cid with the usual 4 speed with two speed axle. I know I need to change the fluids, spark plugs, plug wires/points, check the overall wiring, maybe flush the brake lines and fuel tank, the list goes on. It will be a long time before its on the road, mainly used hauling off brush and moving dirt around the farm. It has a factory/dealer installed dump that I pray still works.

My question is, what are the basics I need to do to get it rolling? I'll be headed to the farm next weekend to hopefully start it for the first time in 3-5 years. I'll know more once I dig into it. Thanks!

You do need to get it going again. Look at it, it looks so hopeful. You can't just close the barn door and walk away...