thanks everyone. i just put in some marvels magic oil into the cylinder wells. the original engine was replaced with a straight 6. i'ma wait till pops gets home to try anything else. boo to not letting me hotwire it but u guys know better than me what to do... maybe i could make a computer circuit to start it... hmmm.... i'm in school for computer engineering and that could be fun ha. i'll try it your way first tho. any guestimates as to how much this should cost? it needs some body work too. i really gotta upload some pictures.. well thanks again!