Tedster
Sep 9th, 99, 6:37 PM
This is a copy of a post I entered in the members section. I thought that since winter is a few months away, it would be a good idea to post these for everyone to read.
1. make sure that you remove the battery and store it far away from the car. The battery will leak acid over time and the fumes can ruin a good paint job.
2. I always like to wash and wax my car inside and out. It makes for less work in the spring and keeps the car cover from causing damage. Oh yeah, get a car cover.
3. Plug the exhaust. Mice love to make their homes there.
4. I like to raise the car an inch or two to prevent flat spotting the tires. Make sure to use good jackstands.
5. There are powder packets that you should put inside your car which keep the musty odor out of there. I can't remember the names of them, but I'll find it and tell you. If you can't find em, get 5-6 boxes of baking soda. put 5 in the passenger compartment and one or two in the trunk. Keeps the musty odor away.
6. Put some type of fuel stabilizer in the fuel tank. Ideally, you'd like to run the car as close to empty as possible but it's not that big of a deal if it's over halfway full. Just add it and shake.
7. It's a good idea to grease all steering and suspension components. I take an extra step and grease all linkages to the transmission and carb with white lithium. This way, no matter how long it sits, I'm sure the linkages will work and will not bind.
8. I like to leave the windows cracked to keep air moving through the car. I also put a few mousetraps throughout the inside of the car.
9. Since I store my car at a public storage facility, I usually do not get to see it for the entire winter. If I am planning to do any work on any of the parts, I take them off beforehand. For example, this winter, I'll be detailing my dash and center console, and will be taking them off in the upcoming weeks.
10. I like to change all fluids in the car and perform a final tune up. I like to change the engine, trans, and rearend oils with filters along with adding fresh coolant. Now I'm a bit extreme and you should be O.K as long as you change your motor oil.
This is all that I can think of for the moment.
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Ted Stojkovski
(formerly Skunkynuggets)
(so add about 300+ posts)
Syracuse NY
Team Chevelle #172
[This message has been edited by Tedster (edited 09-09-99).]
1. make sure that you remove the battery and store it far away from the car. The battery will leak acid over time and the fumes can ruin a good paint job.
2. I always like to wash and wax my car inside and out. It makes for less work in the spring and keeps the car cover from causing damage. Oh yeah, get a car cover.
3. Plug the exhaust. Mice love to make their homes there.
4. I like to raise the car an inch or two to prevent flat spotting the tires. Make sure to use good jackstands.
5. There are powder packets that you should put inside your car which keep the musty odor out of there. I can't remember the names of them, but I'll find it and tell you. If you can't find em, get 5-6 boxes of baking soda. put 5 in the passenger compartment and one or two in the trunk. Keeps the musty odor away.
6. Put some type of fuel stabilizer in the fuel tank. Ideally, you'd like to run the car as close to empty as possible but it's not that big of a deal if it's over halfway full. Just add it and shake.
7. It's a good idea to grease all steering and suspension components. I take an extra step and grease all linkages to the transmission and carb with white lithium. This way, no matter how long it sits, I'm sure the linkages will work and will not bind.
8. I like to leave the windows cracked to keep air moving through the car. I also put a few mousetraps throughout the inside of the car.
9. Since I store my car at a public storage facility, I usually do not get to see it for the entire winter. If I am planning to do any work on any of the parts, I take them off beforehand. For example, this winter, I'll be detailing my dash and center console, and will be taking them off in the upcoming weeks.
10. I like to change all fluids in the car and perform a final tune up. I like to change the engine, trans, and rearend oils with filters along with adding fresh coolant. Now I'm a bit extreme and you should be O.K as long as you change your motor oil.
This is all that I can think of for the moment.
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Ted Stojkovski
(formerly Skunkynuggets)
(so add about 300+ posts)
Syracuse NY
Team Chevelle #172
[This message has been edited by Tedster (edited 09-09-99).]