- Change the oil and filter.
- Do not wash the car the day you put it in storage. The car
should be washed
and driven a couple of days before to get the water out of parts, like
inside
the doors. I always recommend that a car be driven after every car cash.
- Wax car and the chrome.
- Put 30lb.to 40Lb. of air in the tires.
- Fill the gas tank and put a can of Sta Bil in the tank to
stabilize the gas during
storage. (Sta Bil is available at marine and lawn mower shops auto
parts stores).
- On a unfinished concrete
floor, place a vapor barrier under the car (like a tarp)
or sheet of plastic and drive the car onto that. This keeps any
additional moisture
from harming the underside of the car.
- Remove Air Cleaner with engine running (high idle) pour in
about a pint of oil.
Re install Air Cleaner turn engine off remove keys.
- Put a light coat of Vaseline on doors and the trunk for
protection.
- Spray all door and trunk seals with silicone.
- Disconnect the battery or pull fuse for clock to prevent
battery drain. If your
car has a burglar alarm, DO NOT set it unless you plan to charge the
battery
every 3 to 4 weeks. The alarm will drain the battery if it is left on.
- Check the antifreeze to make sure that it registers between
-20 to -10 degrees F.
- Check that your window washer reservoir is full.
- Use a good grade of vinyl treatment on vinyl to prevent it
from drying out.
- Leave doors and trunk closed.
- Block windshield wipers off the window.
- Put the car in gear instead of using the emergency brake .
- Raise car up a little just to remove weight off the spring.
This will also kept the
tires from getting flat spots.
- Push your clutch in once a month.
- Use some kind of moisture
adsorbed material, I got mine at Wall Mart.
It's used closets and basements follow there instructions.
- Get some Decon this is a
rat and mouse killer. Put some in the car on
a pie plate on the floor another in trunk and lastly one in engine
compartment.
- Air Cleaner what ever kind
tape it shut, that so if mice try to get in you'll see it.
- Any chrome goodies under
hood spray some silicon on them.
- Chrome wheels same thing
spray them also.
- Here's one don't laugh put
note on windshield so you can read it from outside
to where the keys are.
- I do not recommend running
the engine because a warm engine creates water
condensation when it cools down. But if you do start the car make sure
it is
at normal operating temperature before shutting it off. Jim the
(marlin-guy)
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