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If you can turn it by
hand with a wrench on the crankshaft just shoot some engine oil down the spark
plug holes, if you can't turn it by hand, pull the heads to find out why. I have
freed up a single cylinder engine with penetrating oil with the head off then
rotating the engine so the piston was at the bottom of it's stroke then honing
the cylinder slightly to remove the ridge of crud keeping it from turning wiping
frequently and thoroughly to prevent abrasive wear when it was started and
reoiling the cylinder slightly to seal the compression when it is reassembled
and ready to start. before you put the head back on if you should run each
piston to the top of it's stroke and then down a couple of inches and wipe the
cylinder and repeat until you don't feel any grit in the oil left on the
cylinder when the starts back down from the top of it's stroke. Good
Luck!
John McCann
Riverside, California
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Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 10:27
PM
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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