Personally I would go to a junkyard and go find a carb and harmonic balancer to slap on it and test it right. If it works, power to ya, if not,... your not really out all that much money and could probably hock the parts on here for what you paid.
Drivetrain Testing
hey, I am thinking of buying a 85 bronco but it is missing the carb and harmonic balancer so I am unable to test drive it. Is there anything I can check on it to see if the tranny and other drivetrain parts are in working order?
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ya i wouldnt buy anything till i can hear it run or test drive it......ive bought so many vehicles that the po said "oh its just a fuel pump or whatnot then when i get home and work on it i find out its nothing but a pile of junk and i end up dumping a **** load of money in it just to sell it, otherwise they went to the scrap yard
Is there anything I should look at especially/common problems. I may just be trading a go-kart for it and it needs some wheels. So getting it up and running for a test drive isn't really an option.
You're going to be trading a Go Kart for it, and you're not interested in getting it running to test drive it?Is there anything I should look at especially/common problems. I may just be trading a go-kart for it and it needs some wheels. So getting it up and running for a test drive isn't really an option.
Are you serious? Nightmare, stay away.
Tell the owner, if he wants to trade to stick a balancer and carb on it so you can check it out.
If its not running its worth the price of scrap steel. If hell take j/y value for it youre not out anything.
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