storing and old 911T- tips/advice please.

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I may have to put my baby to bed for a few months which may trun into a year or so

I will store it with the car on axle stands and wheels off. But what about the A/C compressor?
Also, what else should be done?
maybe some storage 'fogging'oil in the cylinders??
Any advice would be appreciated
Thanks -Ben

Zendalar · 08-04-2003, 12:41 AM

Change the oil and the filter, add fuel reservant, remove battery/batteries.

Clean up the interior, trunk and such. If you have additional rubbery carpets on the floor, remove those.

Wash and wax the car, let it dry and store it under breathing cover.

Neilk · 08-04-2003, 05:40 AM

I have read here and elsewhere that you should not put the car on jackstands as it is bad for the shocks. If you are worried about flat spotting, over inflate your tires to 40+ psi.

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I thought it would be ok for the shocks if the wheels are removed???
as for leaving it on its own weight, i thought that would be worse for the shocks and tires?
- what about the A/C which normally should be run monthly??

Hugh R · 08-04-2003, 08:10 PM

Where I live, I have to worry about mice. If your worried about mice, jack up the car and fashion some sheet metal inverted cones that you attach around the tubes on the jack stands so that mice can get in the car. They did some serious damage to a friend of mines British car with wool carpet and cloth wrapped wiring.

mcharles · 08-05-2003, 12:44 AM

Also,

If its going to be stored for a year it's may be best to drain the gas tank. You don't want the gas to turn to varnish. If this happens it will cost you major dollars to have the tank dropped, lines replaced, etc. I did a widebody conversion and my car was worked on for a year and a half w/o being started and I had to have all that worked on.

Muchell

Argo · 08-05-2003, 06:23 AM

Clean and condition leather, silicone lube on rubber seals, fuel stabilizer in tank and run long enough to circulate through engine (in my experience one year is ok for gas treated with sta-bil but mcharles has a point if it's going to be longer), new oil and filter (I use regular dino oil for winter storage/ Mobil 1 for driving), fogging oil (I shoot it in the spark plug holes with a plastic tube - I'm not sure whether or not it would gunk up some of the intake parts - it sure makes my outboards pretty hard to start in the spring), cardboard under windshield wipers, close all heating vents under car for rodent protection (by putting heat levers to on position), spread some mothballs around if mice/squirrels could be a problem (barns/sheds), overfill tires, remove battery. Doing these things has worked well for me so far for storage through some pretty crappy winters.

Argo
88 Targa

Randy Webb · 08-05-2003, 04:07 PM

You can just raise it a bit and put rubber pads under the tires -- then shocks will be Ok.

Put dessicant inside & maybe in intake chamber too.

Do NOT put it in one of those clear plastic "car garages" unless you are certain it is not vinyl (PVC). Vinyl outgases vinyl-Cl which forms HCl (hydrochloric acid) -- will eat away at everything. All I've seen are made of this crap. It should be outlawed anyway.

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Thanks for the advice guys- this is really gonna hurt me - being 5k miles away from my baby!!!
'When, when will I see you, again! is this the beginning or the end!' yadda yadda yadda