[TR] Waking a sleeping car

[Geo Hahn]

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 9:26 PM, davehogye <dlhogye at comcast.net> wrote:

> ...So I'd say put some fresh gas in it disconnect the coil wire, make sure
> that oil has circulated though the motor, reconnect the coil wire then give
> it a go....

 At a minimum I'd take the valve cover off and rotate the engine twice to
assure no valves are sticking (old modern fuel sets up like glue).  I'd
also pour fresh oil over the valves & rockers.

Our club does these 'resurrections' from time to time, the record being an
MGA that had sat idle for 31 years...
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0cLnCdetxg

We take a few short cuts (e.g do not bother with coolant, feed gas directly
from a can of fresh, etc) but we know the engine is coming out for a
rebuild.  In any case, have a fire extinguisher handy.

Geo