I'm tearing a engine down and not gonna use a lot of the original parts from it. I was wondering what's the best way to store the heads and crank? I have a open air barn with a roof. I live in Florida and wanna protect these parts from the humidity.
Grease them up with wheel bearing grease, wrap with oil soaked denim or canvas, and put in heavy mill storage bags. You can get head and crank, and block size bags from either a local machinists or Competition Products, you an get singles or multi-packs. www.competitionproducts.com Head/crank bag #CMP 8100-xx(1, 5, 10 count), Block bag 8101-xx
^^^^^ Yes, then box them, and stash them in the back of a closet, under the bed, behind the couch. The Wife will never know and they'll be in a climate controlled environment where they deserve to be.
I like to use LPS 3 Heavy Duty Rust Inhibitor. https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/lps_rust.php Then put the parts in plastic bags with a desiccant pack or two and store the parts somewhere dry. To add: I literally live less than a quarter mile from the beach. This storage method is the only way I could keep things from rusting and corroding. Even freshly machined parts stay rust free. The parts are stored in an unheated building and have never been damaged by any condensation inside the bags. It works for me.
Coat it with the same stuff that bare metal has been protected with for generations. https://www.cosmolinedirect.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI74jg09KR4wIV6h-tBh3A_gDZEAAYASAAEgJpMPD_BwE I'm not a big fan of sticking metal pieces in plastic bags though as that usually draws condensation. Smaller pieces can be stuck in a food saver vacuum sealed bag if you have a food saver.
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