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1. Re: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 12:55:02 PST
I agree with your comments, they support what my instinct tells me. I am being cautious since this is my first Winter for my TR3 and I don't want to have "clean-up" problems in the Spring. Regards, S
/html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00040.html (8,867 bytes)

2. RE: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 00:45:51 +0100
Hello All, We had the first snow in Belgium some weeks ago, although I do not consider the country located on the snow belt. Having seen some reactions I miss the wheel bearing problems often encount
/html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00057.html (7,166 bytes)

3. Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:56:56 -0500
Before I go out and identify all the difficult ways, which I historically am very good at doing, I thought I'd solicit a response for an easy way: I'd like to drain the float bowls of the carbs on m
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01270.html (8,103 bytes)

4. Re: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:06:29 PST
...The metal tank is, of course, full of fuel and added stabilizer, and I've run the engine long enough to get it into the carbs [note: hopefully not TOO full, as cool gas must expand when warmer tem
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01273.html (8,026 bytes)

5. Re: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:16:20 -0500 (EST)
While you are worrying about the gas expanding in the fuel tank when Spring comes, don't forget about the air in the tires - it will also expand. Robert Carley 73 TR6
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01275.html (8,408 bytes)

6. Re: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:29:02 PST
I'm probably OK with air pressure since I didn't touch do anything. By the way, I realize this is a debatable topic, but I do not plan to raise the car (tires) off the ground for Winter storage. The
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01279.html (8,429 bytes)

7. Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:30:10 -0500
Message text written by INTERNET:ewcorco@erenj.com Before I go out and identify all the difficult ways, which I historically am very good at doing, I thought I'd solicit a response for an easy way: I
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01280.html (8,807 bytes)

8. Re: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:34:06 -0500
Message text written by "Stephen Peca" I didn't realize that I had to allow for expansion/ contraction. Am I too going to have a problem come Spring, or should I try to syphon off (or run the engine
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01281.html (8,541 bytes)

9. Re: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:42:08 -0500
Message text written by "Stephen Peca" I'm probably OK with air pressure since I didn't touch do anything. By the way, I realize this is a debatable topic, but I do not plan to raise the car (tires)
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01282.html (8,821 bytes)

10. Re: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 08:11:22 PST
Gentlemen, I propose a totally interesting alternate to your dilemma... Why not take your TRs out for a spin? If road conditions are dry and there's no salt, why not drive your TR? I find I tend to
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01285.html (9,840 bytes)

11. RE: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:46:30 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
My question exactly. Why are you storing your cars for the winter? I realize that many parts of the country are snowbound but don't you have days when the roads are clean and dry? If so, take it out
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01286.html (11,297 bytes)

12. Re: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 08:15:44 -0700
I would highly recommend adding a fuel stabilizer to the tank. That helps to keep the fuel from turning into paint thinner (or worse). Joe -- "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort." --
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01288.html (9,001 bytes)

13. RE: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:27:55 -0600
Clean and dry on occasion, perhaps, but also likely to be have a light coating of residual salt. Not good. Jim Hill Madison WI
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01291.html (8,575 bytes)

14. RE: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:28:31 PST
Drive it till it breaks... fix it... drive it some more! Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois 1962 TR4 (CT4852L) That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01292.html (9,901 bytes)

15. RE: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 14:59:15 -0500
Message text written by "Bob Danielson" realize Careful here. Just running the engine will distribute the lub oil throughout the engine and transmission but it does nothing for the diff, wheel bearin
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01306.html (10,032 bytes)

16. Re: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 15:23:53 -0500
They were quite adamant that there is more Last year, having given away the Civic I beat to death for 12 years, I was forced on occasion to drive my GT6 on some snow-free roads that had remnants of
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01308.html (9,164 bytes)

17. RE: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 16:56:00 -0500
I hope no one takes this the wrong way but..... Do that many of you stop driving your cars altogether in the winter time? I do not like driving my car in bad weather (anything wet), but cold tempera
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01319.html (8,763 bytes)

18. RE: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 16:18:24 -0600
Cold weather wouldn't stop me, rain would only make me uncomfortable about the cleaning job to come, ice and snow would only make driving at speed a bit dicier (and hence more fun), but salt on the h
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01325.html (8,338 bytes)

19. RE: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 14:48:49 -0800 (PST)
least once a month. In WV there usually is one day out of a winter month that the cars can be driven. This puts a stop to all that winter storage. I have followed this plan for over twenty years and
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01327.html (9,229 bytes)

20. RE: Winter Storage / Fuel Drain (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:59:00 -0500
Point well taken in regards to salt on the roads......... Rob Cold weather wouldn't stop me, rain would only make me uncomfortable about the cleaning job to come, ice and snow would only make driving
/html/triumphs/1999-11/msg01328.html (8,389 bytes)


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