Re: [DML] Long term storage

[mike.griese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Josh

The most important things are to store the car where it will stay 
warm and dry and to prepare it for long-term storage.  Change 
the oil and filter, put in fresh coolant, brake fluid (clutch and
brakes), remove the battery, drain the fuel system.  Remove the 
spark plugs and squirt in a good amount of motor oil into the cylinders 
and replace the plugs.  Put some dessicant in the interior to keep it 
dry and prevent mold and mildew.  Clean everything you can.  Wax 
the fascias, treat the leather with a good treatment (Leatherique, Zymol, 
Lexol) and weatherstripping with a good silicone cleaner.  When you 
park the car, try to keep it away from things that could fall on it, and if 
possible, away from places where people will want to set things on it.  
You'd be surprised how many little scratches, dings, etc. will accumulate 
from stuff just sitting on the car.  A car cover helps with scratches
from walking along side the car and keeps the dust off, but it is not
good protection for piles of stuff.

When you recommission the car, change out all the fluids again.  You 
should plan on replacing the tires, lift cylinders, and battery.  You will
also need to spend some quality time with the electrical system.  Go 
slow, one system at a time.  Make sure your safety systems work, 
like lights, turn signals, and brakes before you try moving the car.
Squirt some oil in the cylinders and let it sit a bit before cranking it over
without the spark plugs installed.  This will give the lightest load on 
the starter and get some oil pressure built up before actually 
starting the car.

--
Mike


-------------- Original message from "Josh Porter" <joshp1986@xxxxxxxxx>: -------------- 


> I am planning on puting my car in storage for around two years while I 
> go off to college. Since we are moving out of our house and the house 
> that my mom will probably move into will not have a carport or garage, 
> what is the best way to go into storing my car until I move to 
> Missouri where I can store it in the garage at my sister's house? I am 
> wanting to still work on it but do not want it to sit out in the 
> parking lot at the university where the partiers can get their crummy 
> hands on it. I've thought of a museum but they make it difficult to 
> work on the car, I've thought of mini storage but when a local one had 
> a meth lab that blew the whole thing up in flames, I realized that 
> would not work. The other thing I can think of is to either send it 
> off to my sister's where she offered to store for me in MO or see if 
> DMCH will keep it for me however I would not be able to see it for 
> some time. I'm the kind of guy that drinks his coffee looking out the 
> door at my car. I would read it books but that just wouldn't make 
> sense :) 
> 
> Josh 
> 10989 




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