The truck had sat in my dad's backyard for almost 20 years. He occasionaly started it just to keep things moving, but it wasn't running really well. The rear main seal started leaking, so he just let the fluid level drop till it stopped.
I went over there a few weeks ago and replaced the seal and filled the fluid in preperation for moving it.
Well, I got it home, got it off the trailer, and decided I would just idle around the block and listen- just to get an idea of what I was dealing with.
She started up, although she wasn't happy about it, and I tried take her out. Made it about 6 houses down, and she gave up. I ended up pushing her back home.
Replaced the plugs, and she runs like a champ!
Well...she runs until you do something silly like try to put it her gear, then she gets unhappy again, but it's a start.