Truck that has sat for over a year

[Main3s]

So a friend of mine just picked up a 98 GMC 1500 for a pretty good deal. The catch is that the truck hasn't been started or moved in over a year. It belonged to a lady whose husband passed away and it was his truck. She never drove it so it just sat.

 

II told him I’d help clean it up a bit and so I'm goanna do some of the standard crap like drain out the old gas and oil then put in a fuel treatment. The tires probably need replaced because they now have flat spots. Apart from the rust their looks to be plenty of pad left on the breaks and the rotors are still smooth (once the rust is gone).

 

But what are some things to look out for? Anything I should pay close attention too? Any gaskets that should be replaced? Trans fluid? Anything he should be cautious about as far as driving it?

Thanks!

[Dave1647545494]

should just need to change the oil you can maybe put some sta-bil in the gas if you want but if you just top it up with fresh stuff and drive it should be ok

[nurkvinny]

Tires will be fine. Gas will be fine. Do a oil, filter, lube, visual check and drive it. Best thing for it is to drive it. I've had a lot of non-daily driver toys sit for a year with no issues whatsoever. The flat spots will fix themselves.

[Main3s]

That's good to hear. I changed all the filters, oil, plugs, wires, distributer cap the whole 9 yards. Flushed out the old break fluid and blead the lines. The thing runs pretty damn good now. So becasue I did all the work he has to help me move any large objects whenever I ask. The beauty of owning a truck

[gillbot]

Get it to run and drive it.

[Richard Cranium]

Check brake lines for rust or dry rot? Would suck to get it moving then wreck it because the brakes failed.

[SRTstan]

i dont know if anyone else agrees with but it might not hurt to pour a lil 2 cycle oil down in each cylinder to keep it from scratching on initial start up