Any Winter Storage Suggestions

[Six-Shooter]

This summer I acquired a '23 Ford T-Bucket powered by a '57 Chevy 235 CI in-line six. Any suggestions on preparing the car and motor for winter storage in an enclosed but unheated NW Ohio garage. Thanks!

 

[putz]

With ethanol gas you definately want to try and get as much gas out of it as you can. Get the tires where there is no weight on them.Cover the exhaust end of headers so animals don't make nests. Instead of mothballs to keep varmints away dryer sheets work really well.Remove battery keep inside warm place.Check antifreeze freeze point.Could go on but let someone else add I can't type very well.

 

[Telman2]

I'm in Northern Illinois, what I do is put stabilizer in the gas tank and fill it with gas. I then drive it for a while to make sure the gas gets mixed and into the gas line and carb. I shut the gas off and run it until the carb is empty. I pull the battery, charge it and put it on a shelf in the garage. I put the bucket on wheel dollies, cover it and push it back into the corner where the snowblower was stored. Then I charge and reinstall the snowblower battery and pray for an early spring.

 

[railroad]

OR, you could drive it down to Alabama, where I would carefully drive it each weekend, just to keep it from setting up.

Seriously, you will need to add both the red and green Stabil. One for countering the ethanol and the other to keep the gas from getting stale.

 

[der Spieler]

I just added Stabil to the tank (10% ethanol), ran it for a little bit and parked it in my unheated garage. It had a dry cell battery so discharging was never a problem. l would start it from time to time when I thought about it (some times it was two or three months between starts) and it started first time, every time. In the spring I would warm it up, change the oil and filter and take off and have fun.

 

[terrymac]

You should change the oil before you store it. No point letting the dirt and acids in the oil settle to the bottom of the pan

 

[Francis Blake]

Good advice there do all that and it should be good to go come spring

 

[Screaming Metal]

I think the guys pretty well got you covered, up off the ground, fuel stabilizer in, crank her up and run it thru......I put fuel cutoff valves on all my cars so I can run them dry before storage,......also check.......

1.Make sure you got antifreeze mixed to your particular cold zone spec.'s
2.If your ride has a really hi lift cam........and your running mechanical lifters........I'd suggest backing off your adjusters........or just bump it over every month that way your valves aren't sitting in the same spot fatigue-ing the springs.....
3.Put in a set of old plugs in.......and a couple of sqiurts of oil in your plug holes....then every month or so.....when you do bump your engine over......it'll preserve the cylinder walls and rings from rust.......
4.Check out your battery and charge it up....a discharged battery will freeze and bust on ya.....causing a severe mess and corrosion....and flip that elect. switch or disconnect the battery......just-in-case......I've seen many a street car and race car burn down cause they left the battery hooked up.........
5. Its a good time to put protectants on seats, tires, chrome or whathaveyou..........ArmorAll the hell outta things and polish he up.........you'd be suprised what creeps up the next year when you fire her up.....pitted chrome and all.......


Its best not to cover up a car also.....it'll sweat and you can kinda keep a eye on things..........

 

[blownt]

Move south

 

[Screaming Metal]

Move south

What he said!!!!!!!!!!!!!:lol:

 

[oldtman]

Winter comes early here, snow is predicted tomorrow night. Brrr... I used to use 6 volt starters in 12 volt systems so they would start in cold weather. just keep a good tune up. If you crank longer than 30 seconds you can smoke the 6 volt starter.

 

[blownt]

my son started at Wyotech in Laramie this past June. Took him up there in June and we spent a week there. It was very nice there in June. He finished his first class Sept 18 and flew home for a week. Talked to him last night after he got back up there. He said he was talking to guys that stayed there for the off week and it snowed. Heck it was 90 here. I see on accuweather.com that Oct 1 is to be 43/23 in Laramie. He's gonna be freezin his butt off this winter while its 40's-70's here.

But I'd give just about anything to be able to use the Street Rod shop up there. Man thats a nice place.

 

[Donmon]

Ahh you guys beat me to the smart ass comment

MOVE, just kidding, no im not, yes I am.