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On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 15:33, Jim Adney wrote: > On 15 Sep 2004 at 14:37, orntar wrote: > > > so what do i need to do a long store properly? > > Change the oil. Air up the tires. Remove the battery ground strap and maybe > even remove the battery if you think you are more likely to recharge it > occasionally if it is stored somewhere else. Drain fluid from the washer > bottle. > > Park it with the parking brake OFF. Block the wheels if it's on a slope. > > I have mixed feelings about trying to start it occasionally. That certainly > throws oil around everywhere, which is good, but it also introduces water into > everything, since water is a normal combustion byproduct. After just buying a car that had been stored outside for a long time. Here is what I found: Get the tires off the ground. Cover any holes that "critters" can get in. I am still cleaning critter crap out of the '64 Ghia. Make sure there is no water gettin inside the car while it is parked. Condensation can kill it over the long term. Desicant bags would do wonders if you can find them, and change them once it a while. I have rust even on the underside of the dash. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~