[TR] Rip Van Winkle

Geo Hahn ahwahneetr at gmail.com
Mon Aug 11 17:32:09 MDT 2014


The good news is that the gas sold 30 years ago was a much friendlier
formula for long-term neglect.  It will still be useless of course, but
possibly not set up in the glue-like gunk that modern fuels revert to
fairly quickly.

Our club does 'revivals' where we attempt to start a long-dormant car.  We
have never been defeated and our longest 'sleep' thus far was an MGA that
had not run in 31 years:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0cLnCdetxg

By contrast, an MGA that had only sat about 6 months was very difficult.
The valve train was so solidly glued in place from old fuel that the engine
was seized.  Lots of carb cleaner and a ball peen hammer were needed to get
it loose.

Geo


On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Lee Janssen <lee.k.janssen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> So I have a friend who is moving from Denver to Los Alamos and he has a
> 1973 MGB that has been sitting for the past 30 years. My friend, being an
> auto mechanic by trade, did not drain the gas tank prior to this prolonged
> storage (moron).
> Since may of you have resolved this problem tell me how long will it take
> to get the car running and what steps are required?
>
> Thanks Much
>
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