225 with the head left off for a year... can it be saved?!

Professor Fate said
"Light" cylinder rust is kind of subjective- if it's just a surface "flash rust" it may be okay. Does it wipe clean with a liberal dousing of PB Blaster or the like? If so, slants are pretty forgiving. Let the cylinders soak in case the rings tightened up, then give 'er! Just depends what you want to end up with. Pics would be nice...
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It does spin freely there’s nothing that my fingernail catches on as far as the bores go..the one thing I’m worried about is the lifters will move but I can’t seem to get them out of the block.. is this anything I should worry about and I’ll post pics in a few!!