Re: 440 boat anchor / paperweight?

["Gary H." <62to65mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to all who replied. The heads were off already; it is a short block. The valley cover was off too, and the water was to the top of that chamber. The lifter area had been sprayed with white  lithium grease at one time so that may have helped. There was Marvel Mystery oil in the piston holes that were not at TDC. I'll drain the pan and leave the motor uncovered a few days to help it air out for now. 

I'll probably never use this 440 anyway, at this point of my TO DO lists. It seems a shame to scrap it without giving it a chance at relighting. I'll ask the local Mopar club if anyone is interested. $100 sound fair? 

Thanks,
Gary H.    


>  -------Original Message------- 
>  
>  Drain out the old oil and water.  Take out the spark plugs, spray in some
>  WD40 a 30 second squirt for each plug hole.  Then take an add in each plug
>  hole some [LINK: http://www.marvelmysteryoil.com/]
>  http://www.marvelmysteryoil.com/ one or two tablespoons for each one.
>   Then coat the rockers and everything else you can with the stuff.  Let
>  it sit a bit...week or so.  Then see if the motor is still free, does it
>  still move?  Can you rock it back and forth?  If the motor is still free,
>  turn it by hand a few turns around.  10 or so should do it.  Then over
>  fill it with oil....some nice 5w20 or 0w20 should be good.  Turn it over
>  again with the oil in it.  Then put your plugs back in it, find a better
>  place to put it out of the weather and it should be OK.  
>  
>  
>  If the motor is frozen and won't turn over it will have to be taken
>  apart to see how much damage has been done to it.  Hard to tell if it will
>  be OK or not when they get rusted solid.  
>  
>  
>  On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 3:38 PM, David Edwards  > wrote:
>  
>  
>  Try break in oil.
>  
>  
>  On Jul 1, 2013 3:35 PM, "Cory Rempel"   wrote:
>  
>  
>  Damn near anything can be repaired.....for the right price.  Seeing as how
>  those old engines are getting harder to find (around Saskatoon anyways),
>  you might want to rethink scrapping it.  That's my two pennies.
>   
>   

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