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Re: Storage Question - TR3 Engine/tranny

To: "Musson, Carl" <musson@satie.arts.usf.edu>
Subject: Re: Storage Question - TR3 Engine/tranny
From: Thomas Howard <thoward@sdcoe.k12.ca.us>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 08:23:31 -0800
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Netu>
At 02:25 PM 2/9/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I am wanting to "pack away" the extra engine/tranny unit I recently
>acquired.  The engine turns and has decent compression on all cylinders.
>I drained and refilled the tranny and engine.  All openings have been
>plugged.
>
>Is there anything else I should do?  Should the engine be turned (by
>hand) periodically, or will it be ok for the next 2 years.  It will be
>stored inside the garage and if I need to get to it; it will make a
>difference as to where it will be.
>

Make sure you have a bit of oil in each cylindar.   Then turn the engine a
few revs.   What you are most concerned about is the rings sticking to the
walls and then breaking when you go to use the engine again.  I would say
that a little movement every month or two would be good insurance.



Thomas Howard
1972 Triumph GT6,
(& a good bit of USA iron)


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