Is it a haunted engine? congrats on a great find. Good luck..
Tob
>Howdy,
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>Due to an amazing stroke of luck, and the help of a friend who owns an MGB,
>I have a line on an engine (1275 A) that was rebuilt 3 years ago but never
>run. The owner died shortly after getting it back together and it has since
>sat in someones' backyard, up off the ground, under a plastic tarp. When I
>looked at it a week ago, it had surface rust on the outside and there was
>oil in the engine. I gave a half hearted attempt to try to turn it over but
>the sparkplugs were in and we didn't have the toolbox with us. This engine
>is really cheap, so I'm going to pick it up and try to run it in my car
>while I get my original engine rebuilt. Is there anything I should look out
>for on an engine that has sat outside for so long?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Robert Weeks
>
>Durham NC
>1969 Midget
>1968-70 Abitza
>http://www.woozy.com/midget/
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