After my first small block build I did not have the oil pump drive indexed and the vacuum advance was hitting the firewall. This resulted in not being able to time the engine correctly for the initial fire-up. And that resulted in a wiped camshaft lobe. Isky was kind enough to send me a "warranty" cam, but I put a hotter camshaft in the rebuild of the rebuild.
The warranty camshaft was stored in it's original box/packing, but 30 years later when I examined it during a move, I found a good layer of rust. I did not want to chance using it after that discovery, so I threw it out. Did not think at the time it could have been saved in some way?
My advice is to bath your camshafts in some kind of lubricant (40wt motor oil?) and check on them once a year to find if they have suffered any weathering/storage deterioration.
Very highly flamable. Use with extreme caution.What is MEK?
Don't Store a Camshaft for Too Long a Period.
Cleans like nobodys business, dont use in a closed environment. The fumes will gitya. Kill brain cells, cause death. I use it at work all the time. Not too bad really once your familiar w the precautions. Its like souped up laquer thinner. Its the best thing i have found for cleaning epoxy primer out of a paint gun.Very highly flamable. Use with extreme caution.
I store my cams oil soaked wrapped in plastic food wrap in my closet, in the dark, away from it all.
SKS sure does piss us U.S. Amelicans off.
Curious what grind is it?Whatever they put on this P-shaft seems to be working.....so far. Around 11/12 years stowed. Lol, One of those "might use it someday" items.
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Is that a Russian Nagant? I have a NOS WW2 german mauser that was stored in cosmoline. Looks and shoots like a brand new rifle.
Yeah it can be tough to get it off but its not as bad as people make it out to be.
Why? There is a large following for them in your country. Its a great milsurp.SKS sure does piss us U.S. Amelicans off.
Cause we can't import them like Canada does. Price is twice as much when you find one. At least we can have ten round mags in them.Why? There is a large following for them in your country. Its a great milsurp.
Cause we can't import them like Canada does. Price is twice as much when you find one. At least we can have ten round mags in them.