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Re: storing car for 10 months

To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: storing car for 10 months
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:31:27 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
There's something about putting a piece of wood between <what & what> in the
front suspension to keep the rubber stops from getting squashed, isn't
there?


-----Original Message-----
>>X-Sender: ricotte@mail.mac.com
>>To: spridgets@autox.team.net
>>Subject: storing car for 10 months
>>
>>For work related reasons I will be moving to Indiana for 10 months,
>>and will have to leave my 62 sprite at home in my garage.  I live in
>>a redwood forest, and it is very damp here in the winter rainy
>>season.  I normally don't have any trouble with my sprite, even if I
>>don't drive it during the winter, but I've never let it just sit for
>>10 months.  But I won't be able to do that while in Indiana, and am
>>wondering if there is anything I should do to prepare my sprite for
>>this long hibernation.  I've been told to disconnect the battery and
>>fill the tank full of fuel.  I've thought about putting it on jack
>>stands, squirting oil in the spark plug holes, and plugging up the
>>exhaust pipe.
>>
>>Does anybody have any experience or advice on these matters?  Thanks,
>>
>>Ric
>>
>>
>>************************************
>>Richard Otte
>>Department of Philosophy
>>University of California, Santa Cruz
>>Santa Cruz, CA  95064
>>************************************
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