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Re: Storing Engine/Tranny

To: Tony Woodruff <tonyw@mailmedia.com>
Subject: Re: Storing Engine/Tranny
From: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <Lundgren@iname.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 15:54:23 -0700 (MST)
If it has oil on it isn't going to rust,  Maybe you could "top it off???"

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Tony Woodruff wrote:

> I am now storing for "someday" a 1967 MGB engine and transmission on a wooden 
>crate in my garage.  I put rollers on the thing so I can move it about.
> 
> I intend to rebuild the engine before it's ever used, but I want to protect 
>the head and block from rust, etc. while in storage.
> 
> What precautions can I take to make sure things don't rust, etc. while the 
>engine is in storage?  
> 
> One thing I did was to squirt some 80/90 wt gear oil into the spark plug 
>holes and turn the engine over by hand a bit to lubricate and prevent rust on 
>the walls of the cylinders.
> 
> Should I attempt to get under the engine / tranny to drain the oil?  Should 
>it be stored with or without oil?  Should I open it up and coat everything 
>with lithium grease?  Other ideas?
> 
> Thanks for the advice,
> 
> Tony W
> 67 MGB Roadster
> 67 MGB/GT engine and transmission in dry storage.
> 
> 
> 
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