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You wouldn't connect power and see if it runs?
I bought a couple of machines from a guy shutting down shop. They had been idle for months, not cleaned in years (if not decades). They sat for a couple weeks after I got the three-phase wired up, while I cleaned and re-lubricated them.
Glad I waited instead of firing them right up - the old oil (probably 40 weight) was gummed up inside and needed a kero flush, and hauling the machines up the dirt road I live on caused swarf to creep into just about every bearing surface.