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Originally Posted by Old Henry

Might get a few clues from this video of me starting mine after 31 years (just hit a half million views): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY389S_KUjs

All other ideas are good too although I did very few of them.

Great video Reminds me of when I was a kid starting countless engines by dumping gas down the carb throat.

There are better ways today but that method was tried and true in the 60's for me!

Thanks for the memory Henry...

I recently started up my 51 F-3 after a Rip Van Winkle of about 8 years in restoration. She started like a champ. Smoked a bit for a while but after she woke up, the carbon burned off and she came back to her life. That old familiar "swish swish..swish swish....came back as music to my ears.

btw, I just use 1040 Castrol and added a Zinc additive to loosen a bit of the old sludge up. Mix it up a bit...Not too much and not for alot. Better to gradually remove the sludge so it doesn't all collect down in the oil pan. This way it will flow out with each oil change and I won't have to drop the pan to scrape out the sludge deposits.