I can tell you a story about an engine sitting for 5-6 years if i remember right.
I have a female friend that did a beautyful restoration of a 67 Camaro RS SS
Full rebuilt 327 never started for 5-6 years since rebuild stored in heated garage
She gave me a call and asked if i could come by. They had some problem adjusting
the valves after they had broke in the cam
I Went there and found out it was solid lifters on a hydraulic cam! Kit from Comp Cams
So she removed the intake to change lifters, the liftervalley was covered in real coarse rust,
the oil was full with rustflakes like a coarse sand, oilpump was shot the bearings was junk
That was an engine never started before the camebreak in so probably was no oilcoat inside
But stored in a garage with 20 degres celsius the whole time,no water in the cooling system
So i would atleast lift the intake and have a look

I'm not sure were this 9 O clock thing is coming from.
This is a 66 cast Z bell and a Lakewood.
I would say 8 O clock is correct.

We - collectively as a consumer group - have done this to ourselves.

      In this entire thread, this is the message that needs to be understood, and then acted upon by this very group.   

      Expecting that we as a society can continue in our current purchasing practices, assuming that someone else should shoulder the responsibility to fix everything gong awry, whether that be the Business/Retailer, or the Courts, or then even Government, is misguided, irresponsible, and the very behavior that these unscrupulous vendors, manufactures and even Countries, count on; which unfortunately seems to scratch the itch that American consumers sadly seem to respond to.   

      Didn't your parents teach you anything!   

      Scott.

Good on Summit...

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Outstanding. Now if the others would follow this path.

Good on Summit...

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