[jveik]

well, i have this 383 shortblock and cant do anything with it until next spring when the weather's good and i have the money for some aluminum heads, so i was wondering how i can keep the shortblock and its internal components from getting rust and moisture in it. someone told me to just dump diesel motor oil all over the internals and it will keep rust from forming... it seems like they didnt oil anything when they put it together, even the cam they installed doesnt have break-in grease on it, which would suck if the motor came with an oil pan and i never noticed lol...

by the way, when i do go to fire this bad boy up, should i dump oil all over the bearings and moving parts before i put the pan on and then also prime the motor with that tool you put in the distributor hole to spin the oil pump?
seems like it couldnt hurt anything... i might try using diesel oil here as well because of its zinc content....


any tips on keeping the metal parts shiny and clean till spring? i really dont want this 1500 dollar bottom end to sieze up on me