Car is in winter storage!
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that can't be good for the suspension long term. Plastic paint tarp spread over the lowered lift to prevent moisture evaporates from concrete. scatter moth ***** around the tarp. Steel wool or shop rags in the exhaust and dryer sheets in the engine bay and interior. All will keep mice at bay.
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Our car was put away last weekend. It sits on a rubber mat in the garage with a container of mothballs under the engine compartment. Inside are a number of dryer sheets. There is marine grade stabilizer in the gas, then the car is run for 5 to 10 minutes to distribute the stabilized gas throughout the fuel system. I put a extra few pounds of air in the tires but do not put the car up on jacks. Of course, the is also a battery maintainer connected. Last but not least is the cover.
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Not a big fan of high centering the chassis for storage. I think that's a quick route to tearing the suspension boots. Mice are like ninja's. The best defense for a car is have someplace better for them to live vs. the car.
My '68 Fairlane sits on a dirt floor in my lower shed that has water run through it on occasion. Car's been resting there the past 20 years without suffering. I usually keep a cotton cover over it and maybe some old blankets so the feral cats don't scratch it up.
My '68 Fairlane sits on a dirt floor in my lower shed that has water run through it on occasion. Car's been resting there the past 20 years without suffering. I usually keep a cotton cover over it and maybe some old blankets so the feral cats don't scratch it up.
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The car has an aluminium unibody, so I don't think salt is that big an issue. Sure, some chassis bits are steel still, but they can be protected otherwise.
I'm driving mine through the winter, and nervously looking forward to my first rwd+snow experience.
I'm driving mine through the winter, and nervously looking forward to my first rwd+snow experience.
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The car has an aluminium unibody, so I don't think salt is that big an issue. Sure, some chassis bits are steel still, but they can be protected otherwise.
I'm driving mine through the winter, and nervously looking forward to my first rwd+snow experience.
I'm driving mine through the winter, and nervously looking forward to my first rwd+snow experience.
Take a look under an XK that has been driven year around where they use salt and look under a car that hasn't!:-)
My car hasn't been on winter roads and is totally rust free underneeth, it's absolutly mint condition for a 11 year old car!:-)
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