Well, it will be almost 40 tomorrow. I was planning for end of October and pull the drivetrain out. I want to upgrade the heads/cam on the 302 and clean things up after 5 years.
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Well, it will be almost 40 tomorrow. I was planning for end of October and pull the drivetrain out. I want to upgrade the heads/cam on the 302 and clean things up after 5 years.
Hi Steve, end of October to mid November. I'm planning on doing the same. Engine bay needs a good detailing with the motor out.
Question. Do you guys change the oil prior to storage or after?
Mine gets put away when they start with the salt.
Usually put mine away in November.....pending the weather situation.
As for the oil change, I use synthetic 5W-50 in mine and change it once a season. I don't put much mileage on the car and the oil analysis tests show its fine.
Insurance comes of my 08 October 1st. Personally I prefer to do an oil change before storage.
Weather will dictate when Orange Fury takes her nap.
This is the first year owning mine. How do I properly store it ?
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This is how I store mine, everyone has a slightly different ritual but this is what I do.
- If the oil is due for a change, change it. If its got under 3000kms or 8 months on it I wait till spring
- Drive the car to my nearest gas station, full tank of fuel and the proper amount of stabilizer in the tank and drive home
- Give the car and through cleaning in and out, making sure to clean the underside and wheel wells as best I can
- Full interior vacuum and remove everything from interior and trunk
- Lube all the seals and weather stripping up
- Check all my tires and pump them all up about 4psi over where I normally would run them
- Drive it in my garage which I've covered the floor with poly vapour barrier and 1" foam pads under each wheel
- Park it with the ebrake off and wheels chocked
- I leave my windows down just a crack and my convertible top down but not latched so I don't flatted the seals
- Bounce sheets in the interior to keep any critters away and keep interior smelling fresh
- Steel wool in the tail pipes to keep any critters out
- Pull the cover over it
- Don't start it or touch it until spring
In the spring when I go to take it out I undo the last few steps, pull the fuel pump fuse and crank it for 15 seconds to build oil pressure then start it and let it idle. Drive it slowly and gingerly to burn off the stabilized fuel, put in new premium and change the oil, start rippin.
Park it. Pull the battery. Leave it.
Put away around mid November, pending the weather.
Store mine at first Snowflake. I put down tarp, (don’t have to now because of epoxy floor finish) and put carpet under all wheels and cover. Clean and do oil change prior to storing. Also put battery tender on it. Oh ya...forgot stabilizer and Shell premium fuel.
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Mine are always stored...:ford:
Probably this weekend. I do a mix of what Laffs does, and what RedSN does.
Dude your intense. I was going to just cover the floor with cardboard and jack the car on stands and let the suspension hang. Put 94 with stabilizer clean inside and out put battery and cover. Also would you recommend paint correction now or spring ?
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I've never been accused of not being intense so ya, accurate.
If you were going to do a full paint correct I'd wait till spring just in case the cover scuffs it or something bumps it in the winter. Also I'd go buy a roll of cheap poly vapour barrier over cardboard. Cardboard will still suck up moisture which is what you're try to prevent. Also I personally think jackstands is worse than leaving on wheels having the weight hang on all your suspension components unless you put stands under control arms/rear axle.
I let the weather tell me when.
I see lots of good advice above. I remove the battery, put it in the basement on a trickle charger. Other than that, stabilizer with a full tank, tires over inflated and on foam.
I am stealing the bounce sheets idea for sure!!!
Dunno why, in my head cars and their suspension components are designed to live their life 365/24/7 with 4 wheels on the ground (excluding Raptors). Figure having the suspension at max droop with it bearing on the bump stops and other components living at geometry they were designed to live at for extended periods.
Modern tires don’t get flat spots like older ones do, and yes, hanging your suspension is bad for all the bushings (since they’re now at the opposite end of the natural seated position) as well you’re now exposing the strut shafts to moisture and dirt since they’re extended and not safe and sound in the strut/shock housing. I have never raised my pressures or added foam or anything below my tires and they have never had flat spots. As well do not put cardboard under the car, as stated it will absorb moisture and take longer to dry out, thereby exposing the underside of the car to excess moisture. Use a tarp or vapour barrier under the car, if anything (I use nothing)
Done my last wash for the season before she gets stored. Wash and max. Paint correction at the beginning of next season. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c14d12ffad.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...6b5521aaff.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...1b56f3c262.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...afbe28037f.jpg
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^^^^^That’s a beautiful car!
I don’t put mine away until the salt comes out. Full tank, fuel stabilizer, battery out, tires over inflated, parked on a mat in my garage. Washed, hopefully and covered. Drove the shit out of it today before the rain,so....[emoji16]. Hopefully get another month of driving!
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^Yes, they were.
Fuel Stab / SeaFoam should be added to your last tank of fuel and driven at least a few miles to be sure it's through everything from stem to stern.
Pump the tires up to 40psi to cut down on flat spotting (my Nitto's take at least 15 or 20 minutes driving to settle down each and every spring, have since new / Impala does the same on BFG).
If oil is in good shape, no need to dump.
Disconnect your battery, if critters get in and chew wires, cuts down on possibility of a fire.
If possible, remove battery and store hooked to a tender.
Search every nook n cranny for even the tiniest bit of food or wrapper etc that will attract unwanted winter squatters.
Once shut off for the season, leave until next spring, don't start over the winter.
+1 on the great colour, love that blue
Add to the above. Bounce dryer sheets under hood and inside under dash and call it a season.
Mine will be going away in November, unless snow flies earlier.
I’ll probably stop driving it the end of this month.
my stang seems to be stored 24/7 365 days a year :(... i put a total of 50km on it this year.. what a waste.
Driving mine this winter. Should be fun, been awhile since I had a rwd car in the snow!!
Mine goes into storage between Thanksgiving and Halloween, after that it gets too cold to wash.
How do you guys find the summer tires in the colder weather. They are as hard as rock when it gets down into the mid single digits. And if it’s wet the traction suffers big time, I find. I also have read about actual possible cracking when using them below 7C.
Do you all run on your summers until you store the car.