Wall of Shame

[John Brown]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I don't get taken too often, but I bought this '63 300hp 327 from an infamous collector/restorer. HE said it was outside for one winter but covered up and should be fine inside. All the head bolts were finger tight and this is what I found when I took it apart. #7 piston and rod were missing. I still haven't gotten the pistons to move, and it's been soaking for months with a lot of banging.
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Put down the hammer. LYE.....

Same thing as used in old time hot tanks. Lye eats aluminum but never even bothers cast iron. A 55 gallon blue barrel with the top cut off, then fill with Chevy small block, water and lye that you can buy from Amazon or your local big box hardware store. Amazon is cheaper though, and has it in bulk. You can leave the block in that barrel for a month or more outside and let the sun light heat up the barrel to make the lye work faster.