From Jim - Rough Running After Storage

[tsm1@domain.elided (Tom Mandera)]

>From: Jim Shepherd <beltguy@domain.elided>
>Tom, I have asked this favor of you in the past.  For some reason the item
>below will not post to the digest (lots of other posts have gone through
>just fine).  If you think it is worth it, please try to post for me.
>
>>Subject:  Rough running after storage
>
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>>There have been a couple of threads about pulling trucks out of storage
>and encountering rough running engine.  Hoping not to offend the
>intelligence of the really knowledgeable folks on the digest, let me
>suggest that part of the problem could be bad gas (in the truck <G>).
>Today's gas has a very short shelf life and when it goes bad it really
>messes up the fuel system.  If it is bad enough, you will smell a really
>strange odor from the carb (kind of like shellac).  Most folks involved
>with restored vehicles which are mostly stored, swear by a product called
>Stabil).  I have used it in many vehicles which are stored for long
>periods and have had no problem.  Forgot to put it in a '47 Buick I am
>working on and the fuel went bad and has caused no end of problems.
>>
>>Jim Shepherd
>>1986 IHC S1900 being made into a motorhome
>>1959 BC150 in need of an engine (among other things)