M207 pre-start work
Finally found time to lay down with the M207 and was greatly surprised by the work that was already done. The PO had a plan for this truck and he's still working on it....with me. 'Our plan' is to get it running so we can drive it out of his yard and onto a lowboy.....which will not fit in the driveway.
Started at the front of the truck checking fluids which were all topped up in 2011 when he had it running to repair a miss or misses in the 302. He had already added a clear inline fuel filter, cleaned the oil bath air breather, added anti-freeze and washed it. The only thing that needed topping up was the compressor governor and the MC. I had to clean the dash before we did anything else because they just run better.
With oil and air checked we grabbed the fire extinguishers, dumped and flushed the fuel tank, added 5 gallons of clean fuel, hooked up her new batteries and stared at the fuel filter while I hit the switch. With no whirrrr coming from the fuel pump and time and rain starting to dampen our spirits we pulled off the air intake hose, added a cup of fuel and hit the starter again. After 3 revolutions she fired and ran for a few seconds with the sound of sweet success.
Today I repaired and installed the fuel pump and we'll make the drive back out to haul it when time allows.
We basically removed the 8 screws for the filters at the bottom, beat the pump out of the casing with thy gentle blows of a plastic sledge hammer, then cleaned it. Gave it a bath in our varsol tub, hooked the pump up to a 24 volt source and away it went. A little wire wheel work down to metal and a shot of primer and this is the first item to be rebuilt and preserved on the M207. Should be finished soon, real soon.