Posted by Jonas on April 06, 2000 at 02:23:19:
In Reply to: gas in the oil posted by Phil on April 05, 2000 at 22:38:17:
I got a '67 D-100 with the same thing. The owner was a retired chrysler mechanic. He stated that the truck was only pulled out of the barn once or twice a year to make room to stack firewood (it had under 100k mi on it) and was not really allowed to warm up so that the choke was off. So if the truck was allowed to run for short distances with the choke on fuel will accumulate in the cylnders and leak into the crankcase. Also it ran poorly because the hydraulic lifters had about 10 weight oil (because of the dilution with gasoline) and were not "pumped" up enough. In short, change oil and filter and take the old gal out for a nice Sunday drive and check it again when cool before you start replacing expensive parts. Another tip that the old chrysler mechanic told me about flatheads: If it has'nt run in a while, pull your spark plugs and put a little diesel fuel in the cylnders to free up the rings. let the diesel sit for a few days then crank it over by hand or disconnect your coil and hit the starter to get things moving without having it fire up then change your oil and filter. when yopu do start it it should only smoke for a few minutes until the residual diesel burns out. I tried it and it worked for me. Good luck.