Winter Storage

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Winter Storage

Reply #15 – October 29, 2008, 08:42:15 PM

Here's a little charger I had for years. made a bracket and everything. Cost something like $30

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Reply #16 – October 29, 2008, 09:40:00 PM

mine went to sleep last Thursday dropped in a can of sea-foam and fogged the motor and on the jacks it sits. tomorrow I'll crawl under it and spray it down will WD-40

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Reply #17 – October 29, 2008, 10:25:29 PM

The son's, daughter's, wife's and mine are all in storage. The insurance officially goes off Nov 1. Now it's back to the 94 Bird and 95 F150 everyday....

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Reply #18 – October 30, 2008, 07:26:13 AM

mine goes into a drive in bag you close up
and put in dessicant to absorb moisture and
the up side it stays clean too.this company
made these before they made the car jacket.
i use a c. j. for another car. the both do a good job.

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Reply #19 – October 30, 2008, 12:49:15 PM

hrrrmmmm, gonna be 68* tomorrow.....i think ill drive mine! screw storage :burnout:

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Reply #20 – October 30, 2008, 04:12:37 PM

I'll be putting mine away soon as well. I have never stored a car for the winter.... any tips? Do's.. don'ts? Mine will be inside my garage all winter.

- Seafoam
- battery inside or on charger
- jack stands
- full tank of gas
- start if every so often
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Reply #21 – October 30, 2008, 04:40:29 PM

Quote from: gumby;240974

hrrrmmmm, gonna be 68* tomorrow.....i think ill drive mine! screw storage :burnout:

Yeah it's supposed to be that warm tomorrow here too but I already suspended the insurance till April on mine:hick:

Since I can't drive it I'll be using tomorrow to cut the lawn one last time and pull out the garden. Fun stuff for Halloween :pbb:

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Reply #22 – October 30, 2008, 04:44:18 PM

Quote from: 85bird;240986

I'll be putting mine away soon as well. I have never stored a car for the winter.... any tips? Do's.. don'ts? Mine will be inside my garage all winter.

- Seafoam
- battery inside or on charger
- jack stands
- full tank of gas
- start if every so often
-

I do all that except I put Stabil in the tank instead of Seafoam. Also I don't put the car on jack stands as I've never had a problem with the wheels flat spotting. I do roll the car once every couple of weeks when I start it so a new part of the tire is taking the weight of the car. One thing to remember is to change the oil right after you bring it out in the spring. The oil gets pretty sucky sitting all winter.

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Reply #23 – October 30, 2008, 06:52:13 PM

Quote from: 85bird;240986

I'll be putting mine away soon as well. I have never stored a car for the winter.... any tips? Do's.. don'ts? Mine will be inside my garage all winter.

- Seafoam
- battery inside or on charger
- jack stands
- full tank of gas
- start if every so often
-

Bounce fabric softeners in the glove box, floor seats, trunk, under hood, etc... Rumor is it keeps mice away, can't prove it, but it's cheap insurance.

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Reply #24 – October 30, 2008, 08:15:15 PM

I usually park mine in the garage around January when we get a bad frost, i HATE having to se frost off the windshield in january...and once i had to do it in February... global warming.

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Reply #25 – October 31, 2008, 07:47:35 PM

Quote from: 85bird;240986

I'll be putting mine away soon as well. I have never stored a car for the winter.... any tips? Do's.. don'ts? Mine will be inside my garage all winter.

- Seafoam
- battery inside or on charger
- jack stands
- full tank of gas
- start if every so often
-

-plastic sheeting for the floor
- WD-40 for the bottom of the car
-fogging oil with this you do not have to start the car every so often
-car cover

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Reply #26 – October 31, 2008, 09:23:43 PM

Quote from: blknredcougar;241106

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-fogging oil with this you do not have to start the car every so often

Ive never heard of this, give me a little info on this.(fogging oil)

On a side note, it is in the upper 70's here all weekend and very sunny and all the trees are beautiful and full leaves yet. It is truely a perfect time of year. I will be cruising in the Cat this weekend.

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Reply #27 – November 01, 2008, 09:50:30 PM

THe fogging oil has rust inhibateor(sp). They use it in marine engines
for storage.

I heard moth balls or bounce sheets. Mice don't like the smell of
the moth balls or bounce sheets.