Great advice guys, it's all going down on the "to-do" list.
Mark, check your PMs, we're going to become buds before this is over
Brent, I'm willing to bet that if you asked 10 motorheads to place a thumbtack on a US map for the worst location to store an engine, at least 3 would land in northeast Okla. which was where my motor was stored for 3.5 years.
I definitely have concerns about the internals, what you mentioned plus valve springs - some being in a compressed state all that time? That's why I'm pinging you guys with experience, want to mitigate the risk of damage as much as possible. I will prime the sh!t out of that motor before trying to start.
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