Re: [FWDLK] (no subject)

[Charles Pollock <cpollock@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jack,
I have used most of the products listed and really have never found any real difference in performance.  Just use what you can find.  Bill's suggestion is good, but I would add this, drain and replace the existing oil, and then, go by an oil pump priming shaft.  It is a hex shaft long enough to insert down into the oil pump after you remove the distributor.  And then use an electric drill or a hand crank or anything you can find and PRIME THE OIL SYSTEM.  THis will pressurize all the oil passages and and force oil into all the nooks and crannies.  I would then do the PBlaster, Marvel, 20-50, WD-40, Mopar Rust Penetrant, etc.  Then wait a few days,  reprime the engine, and give it a shot.
I have never not been able to get a Mopar to at least turn over by doing this.  And the last car was a 1964 300 with a 413 that had sat since 1978 with the oil pan removed!  Didn't even try to start it, but I did clean things up a bit, bolt the pan on, fill it and do the above.  Got it unstuck enough that when I pulled the engine and tore it down everything came out with no problems.

Just my pennies again,
Charles.

Bill K. wrote:

I gather the motor does not turn now, or is that unknown?  I would squirt
some sort of oil into the cylinders and see if I could turn it by hand.  I
also would change the oil and filter (if a spin on, might hold off for the
trouble on a cartridge) and crank it on the battery to push some fresh oil
through it before I tried to fire it up and run it.   Maybe with the plugs
out so there's no pressure on it either.   A little thick old oil in the
pump shouldn't hurt - kind of like packing the pump with grease of some sort
on a rebuild so it will suck right away - but turning it easy with a wrench
to prime it won't hurt either.


Now if it is in fact stuck. PB Blaster is really good stuff, I've gotten
lugnuts no one has touched in 35 years to move with it.  I've heard good
stories on using it in motors, too.  One of my friends knows an old-timer
who can get pretty much any motor to run, even if it's stuck, and he uses
it.   About the only one he had no luck with was a Ford straight 6, but it
may have thrown a rod or something inside -

Spray the bores, let it sit a few days, try it easy, repeat if needed.  A
couple times and it should be freed up.


Good luck -

Bill K.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Wrinkles" <MoparJackie@xxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 1:27 AM
Subject: [FWDLK] (no subject)


  

Ok list members get ready.I have bought a 1960 Plymouth sport suburban
    

wagon
  

that has not been started in 15 years but sits inside what is best to soak
    

the
  

cylinders with before i attempt to start it?Thanks all       jack in
    

Michigan
  

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