After two weeks I just pulled a deluxe heater from a 56 GMC out of the 9:1 mixed barrel yesterday.
It was as bad as you could expect for starters and will need a patch panel made but it was an experiment to begin with.
Once it was washed off I even saw some of the original brown paint in a spot or two.
I didn't want to fuss trying to get it apart before soaking it so dropped the whole thing motor and all in the barrel. The only thing that isn't clean was the ends of the cables I left above the liquid to grab ahold of to pull the two pieces out.
Hosed them off/out, set them in front of a small heater for a couple hours and then hit them with my new can of Kearny Cutter Linemans oil and let it sit overnight.
Todays mission is disassembly.
If it's a failure I will report back... otherwise no news is good news.
