My Impulse Massey Purchasse

Clipse3GT · Nov 27, 2015

Might not be a terrible idea to check the valve clearance while you are at it. Since it looks like it wasn't maintained the best. New air filter and oil / filter for sure. Change the oil filter / oil early. To help get anything out of the system that might have gotten by along with a fuel filter / tranny change / PWR steering change.

IIRC 0.010" is the exhaust clearance for intake / exhaust while engine is cold.

mapper · Nov 27, 2015

Looks like the previous owner did not do any sort of maintenance at all. You might want to check with the dealer to find out if there is any sort of service record on it. If the break in fluid change was not done it is way overdue.
That said it looks like a pretty good buy, have fun with it.

mguitas · Nov 27, 2015

Great looking massey, make sure you change the fuel filter.:thumbsup:

GPintheMitten · Nov 27, 2015

Odd that the dealer you bought it from didn't check the air filter.

Clipse3GT · Nov 27, 2015

GPintheMitten said:
Odd that the dealer you bought it from didn't check the air filter.

X2 :shocked:

JWR · Nov 27, 2015

Very odd. x3.

2ndhalf · Nov 27, 2015

JWR said:
Very odd. x3.

LOL.. My thoughts too ... X4... They did hose it off though :laughing:

2ndhalf · Nov 27, 2015

mguitas said:
Great looking massey, make sure you change the fuel filter.:thumbsup:

I should have gotten one when I was there... didn't think of it.

2ndhalf · Nov 27, 2015

Clipse3GT said:
Might not be a terrible idea to check the valve clearance while you are at it. Since it looks like it wasn't maintained the best. New air filter and oil / filter for sure. Change the oil filter / oil early. To help get anything out of the system that might have gotten by along with a fuel filter / tranny change / PWR steering change.

IIRC 0.010" is the exhaust clearance for intake / exhaust while engine is cold.

Yeh I was thinking about doing that. I will probably run it a few more hours and just change it again. I plan to just do everything in the 250 service interval. The oil filter did have 470 hours written on it so someone was changing oil at least. I have everything to do the Transmission but did not think of fuel filter. I will be doing transaxles, tranny & antifreeze this weekend. I don't think it was that it was not maintained at all I think the guy just lost one of the clips off the airbox. It could have just happned without him knowing not sure. I will be checking oil often. I will call the dealer and see what they know about service though. I probably should have asked before buying.