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Recommendation for gasket sealant on king pins

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30 May 2019 04:19 #209210 by Andy2640
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A hearty welcome!

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30 May 2019 04:24 #209211 by Lambert
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Welcome to the forum. Jimny are usually very good at starting and being efi there is less mechanical things to seize up, though the injectors can stick and the seals perish. But if it was driving a couple of years ago it shouldn't offer much resistance to going again.

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30 May 2019 06:09 #209217 by RainerK
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In addition I would:
- Maybe remove the spark plugs for the first cranking
- Change coolant
- replace braking fluid

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30 May 2019 07:36 #209220 by facade
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I'd have just checked the water level in the radiator (in case of a head gasket leak), dipped the oil (don't know why, it is just something you do) and started it.

Two years is nothing. ;)

If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there :)
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30 May 2019 07:51 #209221 by Lambert
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This is what tv programmes like Chasing Classic Cars does, makes people think that a car stood for a couple of years needs to be cajoled back into life like something that has been in a barn for decades.

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30 May 2019 08:10 #209223 by Gadget
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Other than a dead battery, I'd have expected a Japanese engine sat for a couple of years in a dry garage to start first turn of the key.

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