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Finally had some time to do a little investigating. Took a few minutes to look at the engine and see if I could get the motor to turn over. Sadly, no luck. I couldn't get the engine rotate. wouldn't even budge at all. I was concerned that there was going to be water or dirt inside the cylinders so I took a long nozzle and attached it to an air hose and stuck it down thru the spark plug holes and blew them out. The good and the bad, nothing came out of five of the cylinders so I am hoping that if any moisture got in there it has been minimal. Unfortunately, the second cylinder from the front sprayed me with some type of oil. I think the guy I bought this from may have been trying to get the engine to turn over also and put something in that cylinder to help break it loose. I'm not sure why only that cylinder had stuff in it. I ended up pouring some Marvel Oil into each cylinder and replaced the spark plugs to help prevent any moisture, dust, etc. from getting into the cylinders. I also, pulled the valve cover off and discovered that one of the push rods was damaged. That may be why Rusty was parked by one of its previous owners.