Re: storing a fuel pump

[DAN ANDERSON]

In the seventies after the motors were test run at the Johnson plant the motors were run out of gas & turned upside down. The engine had been fogged with oil, but the fuel system was blown out with Solvasol? I think it was like a Stoddard solvent. High on the paraffin chain. The engines were shipped powerhead down. The lubricant/parrifin was suppose to keep the needle seats from sticking for up to 5 yrs. Most engines didn’t have to wait that long to be opened and run. Not sure if this would be the best stuff today, but it worked pretty good back then. Google shows it to be like mineral spirits, but I believe it has less volitle components than that.

Dan in TN