<VV> The engine turns over!

[Louis Armer]

Hi Karl, Yes that tip is an excellent one. I have a friend who owns a 
1936 Ford which was stored indoors for 22 years and basically his 
story is the same except a 1936 Ford has a hand crank. My friend 
brought his "stored"  Ford home and put it in his 3 sided finished 
carport and did the ATF plan with no spark plugs in the little V8 
block ..............  THEN he went for it with the hand crank 
.................  8 red fountains exited the spark plug holes with 
enough velocity to decorate both sides on the Carport.  His wife was 
not pleased.

Chuck Armer
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At 03:31 PM 9/9/2010, you wrote:

>The full story is in my latest blog entry:
>
>http://www.chezhawk.com/VairBlog/?p=93
>
>(username: Karls66Vair Password: PG110Monza)
>
>But the short of it is that I intended to do what the "Corvair Basics"
>book said to do to see if you could start an engine that had been
>stored. It suggested pouring ATF into each of the cylinders, wait a day
>then attempt to turn the crankshaft with a wrench. The engine turned
>over easily. Not bad for 20 years of storage outdoors with no particular
>attempt made to store it properly 20 years ago.
>
>Karl in Boston
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