Sezzo
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I hope you are right. Fingers crossed.I don't see any severe damage on anything. Worse case is that the freeze plugs are corroded. Nothing seen so far is shocking. Mainly I was looking to improve the cosmetics under the hood and on the engine and should have done that before painting. But I didn't and I will deal with it in my own way. As long as it is in my barn it is in the time capsule. This is an improvement nothing more. It runs perfect and the throttle response was not what I wanted but I would have run a few tanks of fuel thru it and then decided if I wanted the injection pump rebuilt. increase in RPM's was no trouble when you left off it stumbled and stalled. Expected from something that was sitting as long as this has been sitting. But there is NOT anything SEVERELY damaged. I drove up the road on a wooden stool several times over the past 25 years. It shifted and ran fine. I am not worried just doing it right so when I take it for a 100 mile run it runs perfect. Have a Great Day.
In most cases internal damages by sitting so long occur when the truck is back in business again. Cracked rubber, sticky valves, old gaskets and seals, rust and water where it should not be. Everything CAN happen. Vehicles are made for driving.
The freshly rebuilt injection pump on "decade after being wrecked" died six months ago. Major issue. We needed a replacement. So maybe give it to another shop this time.