[Shotimes] Leaving for College

[ianf@eden.rutgers.edu]

Jim
You've been waiting to start that car longer than it has been in 
storage!

:)

Ian


> Kent,
> 
> Go to shotimes.com - storing your SHO
> 	http://makeashorterlink.com/?S54616BE5
> 
> Also, go to Don Mallinson's excellent website:
> 	http://www.dccarcare.com/tipowk/tipowk15.html
> 
> 
> If you follow the suggestions from the above mentioned websites - you 
have
> alot of work to do, but it doesn't sound like you have the time.  As
> recommended by the list members, the minimum you should do is change 
the oil
> and coolant, and top off the tank.  If you're going to leave the 
insurance
> on it, have someone "drive" it once in a while instead of just 
starting it
> and letting it idle for 10 mins.  If you're not going to have anyone 
drive
> it, remove the battery and have someone roll the car back and forth 
once in
> a while so you don't flat-spot the tires.  I knew mine would be 
stored for a
> long time so I took the insurance off it, and therefore couldn't 
drive it so
> I never even started it for 18 months.
> 
> I still haven't started it but I'm getting close.  I'm supposed to be 
going
> back to Dallas in a week and half so I really hope to start it before 
then.
> 
> 
> 
> Jim Ryan
> Wayne, NJ
> '91 PLUS - all white/mocha with fiberglass hood, rod shifter, & rear 
spoiler
> 
> 255 Lph fuel pump, SHO Shop can & horn, 80mm MAF, S&B cone filter, 
SHO Shop
> HiFlow Y-pipe & cat-back exhaust, SHO Shop LPM, SHO Shop underdrive 
pulleys,
> SHO Shop HiRevs Jr clutch & steel billet LiteWeight flywheel, 
reinforced
> engine & trans mounts, SHO Shop TQ limiters, SHO NUT aluminum SFBs, 
FPS '96
> SHO front brakes, Carbotech F brake pads, Nook's full-body SFCs, Koni 
adj
> struts, SHO Shop linear springs, 24mm FSB, 26mm RSB, SHO Shop steel 
f&r
> STBs, Bridgestone Potenza RE-730 225/55-16, CATZ MSP fog lights, 
police
> grille
> 
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> >[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Dynon007@aol.com
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 3:10 PM
> >To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> >Subject: [Shotimes] Leaving for College
> >
> >
> >I'm leaving for college and I have decided not to take my car. Is 
there
> >anything I should have people do to it while I'm gone to keep it
> >running good when
> >I get back and use it? Is it bad for it to just let it sit for
> >like 10 months?
> >
> >Kent 91+ White MTX
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