Success. My brother-in-law and I attempted to fire up the old 235 six in the newly acquired '56 3100 truck. But, long before today we have been squirting Marvel Mystery Oil in the cylinders and then gently hand turning the engine using the fan belt. I bumped the starter a couple times to make sure there was no binding, then poured a small amount of gas down the carb. It sure was trying to start up and would have if I had a continuous flow of fuel to the carb. Then two days later we fed enough fuel to the carb that after cranking the engine coughed and started running. Sounded really good. We had to shut it down, though, because I had disconnected the oil cannister to clean it up. Wow, talking about oiling down the engine and surrounding area. But, it was worth it to know the engine runs after 30 plus years of being parked. Next will be to check out the trans.
