Free 1987 toyota supra

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Originally Posted by badass

My dad just bought a small house to put up for rent. The previous owner of the house died. He owned the supra. The car came with the house. It has been sitting for more than 3 years under a tree, no rust, paint is ok, interior is horrible (just needs a good wash). Here is my question, the supra has 146k on the clock, the title says exempt under the odometer, does that mean that the odometer doesn't work? Now the main issue, i want to know what should i do before i start this baby. The p.o. removed the battery for security, that's not an issue however. The belts look good, engine looks very clean, radiator is DRY. So what needs to be done before i pop in a battery and start it. Also do i need to drain the gas tank? If so, how. Sorry such vague questions, thanks, btw great forum.

Exempt doesn't mean the odometer doesn't work. They do that on older cars usually. When I bought mine, the title was from the original owner, when I got my title in the mail, it said exempt on the odometer even though I'm the 2nd owner and the speedo hasn't been tampered with.

As for starting it... Do a fluid change on anything with fluid. Replace the old gas with new gas, there's some other things that need to be done as well to "prime" it, but I'm not a tech so not really sure on what all is involved. You'll probably want to change the fuel filter as well, maybe twice after you drive it a while, just to make sure there's no gunk in the fuel line from the tank to the filter.