Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site inmet.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!bbnccv!inmet!bcbell From: bcbell@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Putting cars in storage Message-ID: <57500023@inmet.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 21:55:00 EST Article-I.D.: inmet.57500023 Posted: Tue Nov 5 21:55:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 21:15:38 EST References: <510@ittvax.UUCP> Lines: 34 Nf-ID: #R:ittvax:-51000:inmet:57500023:000:1065 Nf-From: inmet!bcbell Nov 5 21:55:00 1985 ** qwerty, or, the first six letters on my keyboard ** There are amny things you might want to do to store a car for a year, depending on how picky you are and how much the car is worth. For your basic car, here's what I'd do: Find yourself a nice dry place to store it. Fill the tank with gas. Change the oil. Flush the radiator and put in fresh antifreeze, even if you live in a warm part of the country (antifreeze has rust inhibitors). Jack the car up onto blocks or jackstands. Disconnect the battery and remove it. Put it on a trickle charger if one is available. Open the windows just a crack. Cover the car with a car cover or other light cloth covering. That should do it for a year. Again, there are lots of additional things you may want to do if the car is really valuable, like squirting some oil in each of the cylinders or greasing up the chrome, but stuff like this obligates you to spending some time getting the thing running again. For a year for a regular car, these should do the trick. R.M. Mottola Cyborg Corp. Newton, MA.