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Old 09-03-2005, 02:31 PM
kerry kerry is offline
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Originally Posted by mbz240d1981
Charge the battery, check all fluids, eyeball the inline fuel filter, Prime the pump about 10 tens and start the damn thing.

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Good advice. If you have some reason for thinking there's sludge in the tank, take the line from the primary filter and stick it in a can of fresh diesel and start it on that. If not, just start it. My 307d sat for a year in a farmer's barn in the UK and started on the first crank once I charged the battery.
There's no point in putting a lot of work into a vehicle before you know if the engine is functional.
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