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.
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> 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.
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> What precautions can I take to make sure things don't rust, etc. while the
>engine is in storage?
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> Thanks for the advice,
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> Tony W
> 67 MGB Roadster
> 67 MGB/GT engine and transmission in dry storage.
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