I’m not sure if this is a GQ or an IMHO but I’ll start here.
I have this old pickup that stupidly I allowed to sit idle for more than two years. The front brake rotors are rusted and the emergency brake won’t release the rear wheels when I let it out. I tried to start it this past weekend but it would only turn over. It didn’t seem like any fuel was getting into the system. I have another thread re: the gas in GQ.
I like this little old truck ('84 Mazda B2000) and would like to fix it up and make it live again. I don’t desperately need it, although I could use it at my new place as a runabout/light hauler kind of thing. So the sentimental/fix-it guy part of me wants to fix it up, and the sensible my-life-is-complicated-enough part of me wants to have the Salvation Army take it away as a donation.
At this point, like I said above, the brake rotors are rusted and the rear wheels are locked, so there’s a lot to do there. I think I might be able to start it if I can sort out the fuel problem. And of course there’s the stuff I can’t see and don’t know enough about which is why I’m here asking this. Obviously a good deal of money will have to be spent, but not as much (I think) as if I were to buy another truck.
So what do you think? Is it possible to get it fixed and running again without it being ridiculously expensive, or is it hopeless and I should just bag it and take the tax write-off?