Topic: Preserving Old Parts

[trueblue]

I was lucky enough to pick up a couple of boxes of parts and a spare tank  for my 650 but now I have another problem, where I got the parts from was a couple of hundred kms inland which around here means a dry environment and very little corrosion, but I live near the coast and now I'm just trying to figure out how to preserve these parts so that if I need them in 10 years they will look like they do now which is clean and rust free, the tank has slight surface rust inside but no oysters growing in there.

[Xnavylfr]

Put some motor oil in the tank and wash it around so it coats ALL the insides, this will keep it from rusting. Leave the oil in there and wash it around every so often ,when ready to use just drain the oil and fill with fuel/petrol, the first tank full will be a little smoky but it won't hurt.
For other metal parts you can spray WD40 (if they have it there)or some type of thin spray oil.
For rubber items ,like carb boots, cover them with Vaseline or grease, this will help to keep them pliable because they obsorb the oils from the grease.

Xnavylfr(CHUCK)

Australia is a GREAT country, visited there (Perth) in the late 80s while in the NAVY.

[Raul CB750K1]

What I do to preserve metal parts it to spray them with WD40, and then wrap them with kitchen wrap. If the part is delicate -such an exhaust- then I cover it with bubble wrap too.

Then it goes to the shelves, where it will sit for years until the day I decide I will never need it and sell it for less than it costed me, just to make some space in the shop. The following day I will drop my bike because of some stupid mistake -caused by me- and the only part that will need replacement will be the one that I shipped the day before. Will try to find another one and the only one I'll find will cost me three times what I sold my part for....

[MoMo]

What I do to preserve metal parts it to spray them with WD40, and then wrap them with kitchen wrap. If the part is delicate -such an exhaust- then I cover it with bubble wrap too.

Then it goes to the shelves, where it will sit for years until the day I decide I will never need it and sell it for less than it costed me, just to make some space in the shop. The following day I will drop my bike because of some stupid mistake -caused by me- and the only part that will need replacement will be the one that I shipped the day before. Will try to find another one and the only one I'll find will cost me three times what I sold my part for....

that is funny...Larry

[trueblue]

Thanks for the suggestions guys but wd40 is good only for a couple of months around here, I was hoping more for something like a wax or something the parts could be dipped in, we have some taps in a box at work that are over 20 years old (my boss is a hell of a hoarder) they have a waxy coating on them and once this is cleaned off the taps are like new.

[ttr400]

You could use a product called tectyl. this is similar to the wax type coating found on machine tools. It is sold in a spray can.

Kevin

[MoMo]

Cosmoline was always used in the past. Rustoleum has a Rust Preventative spray that could be used for your purpose....Larry

[trueblue]

You could use a product called tectyl. this is similar to the wax type coating found on machine tools. It is sold in a spray can.

Kevin

I just checked into this, it looks like what I'm looking for, thanks.

[kpier883]

Put the parts in an airtight box with a couple of large packages of dessicant?

This is a suggestion, not something that is proven by testing but it seems reasonable