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Originally Posted by STW
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the shame of it is that these pics clearly show the motor was in good health before you put it away :-( oil pickup and bottom end are nice and clean, and the water pump cavity is not rusty coloured at all. bugger about the rest.
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Taking the crank gear off wasn't as bad job as I had thought, a wooden brush handle jammed between the gear and the sheath did half of the job and a 3 feet torque wrench the rest.
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on the autos its really easy, they put hose in the flexplate for you to stick things through to keep it still. on the manual you can just wedge a long handle screwdriver into the ring gear and one of the two wings of the block.
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The oil pump was black with grime before a healthy dose of degreaser. CRC Bräkleen is the [shizzle]!
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As much as i love brakeclean and use it extensively, i'd say its not really a degreaser in the traditional understood meaning of the term, it is generally, but its job is to take the residue away and leave no oil. degreasers job is to disolve inch thick sludge on your block etc. its just a happy coincidence that brakeclean does that pretty well too :-) (degreaser is usually water soluble too. btw, one of the major ingredients in brakeclean? : Toluene! Toluene is the shizzle i tell you :-)
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Those two cylinders are now soaked with molybden sulphide penetration oil, and tomorrow they'll get a bit of acid treatment.
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you'd best put that brakeclean to good use removing that oil before putting the acid in. i recommend coating the pistons tops with vasoline or similar before hand too. not to protect them, but because the ally will use up the acid well before it gets a chance to eat the rust.
good luck!