daily_driver

well the time has come!! :flag :flag :flag

shipping out on tuesday to basic in SC then AIT in maryland then ill be stationed in fort carson, colorado around august or sooo...

the vette will be sitting from jan 22nd till august... i have never let a car sit for that long..

can someone post and tell me what the hell i should do to it so it wont go bad???? thanks!!

i dont think ill have access to internet through basic training and AIT so i probably wont be around here to give my bubba advice on things and my smartarse answeres :lol: :lol: :lol: :blueangel: :blueangel: :conehead :conehead

so in my absence, i nominate ED T to fill in my shoes!! :jester :lol: :lol: :lol:
ED, make sure u give em hell!! pass on the bubba tradition like only yoou and i can do.. :lol: :lol:

:cheers: :cheers:


[Modified by daily_driver, 10:38 PM 1/17/2002]

tworottiedogs

I'd treat it like a boat. Follow boat winterizing instructions. Full gas tank, fuel stabilizer, run it until you think the stabilizer has made to the carb. Forgging spray in the carb until it stalls. Even though it is a pain to clean off, I would spray the engine down with storage spray. I'd also deflate the tires and store it on jack stands but not with the suspension hanging down.

Good luck,

TJRed76

Don't count on access to internet during basic. Maybe in AIT.

Good Luck! Do what the Drill SGT tells you and don't be a "smartars"
while your there.

SSG TJ

Cruzmeisters

I kinda like to remove the spark plugs, dump an ounce of oil into each plug hole, put plugs back in :yesnod: anybody agree? :confused:
Cruz

mikes84vette

you could let me take care of it for you! really, it would be no problem at all :yesnod: :lol:


[Modified by mikes84vette, 11:01 PM 1/17/2002]

daily_driver

full gas tank???

why is that??

i thought i was gonna go ahead and run it bone dry until it shuts off...

yah the oil in the cylinders i will do and when i start it up again in august ill crank it a few without the plugs in...

so i dont run it bone dry???

:confused:

73Ken73

Just park it and disconnect the battery, it will be fine.

daily_driver

:lol: :lol: :lol:

ahh ED you can only be interim cheif bubba...

as macarthur said "i shall return......" ......in august or sooner depending on the internet ****'s in AIT and basic... :jester

thanks for the battery reminder!! i completely forgot about that...

so whats the story on the gas tank?? just put stabilizer in it or run it empty??

i thought since i would run it empty then perhaps stuff in the carb might be better off?

:confused: :confused:

tworottiedogs

I guess the gas tank is a toss up. Boat manufactures recommend filling to avoid giving moisture anywhere to go. I drain my lawnmower and then pour a little oil in there and turn it over a few times. I think it is the amount of gas that makes the choice easier. I have 100 gallons of gas in the boat and it would take a long time to run dry so I follow the "fill and preserve" method on that.

I think both methods will work.

daily_driver

ohhh ok i get it now..

thanks!!

yah i have been careful to not fill it up this week...

:cheers:

was contemplating rebuilding the brakes which i desparately need to do...but when it sits for 6 months itll probably suck...

they only give you like 10 days to report to your duty station... so i guess ill have to rebuild em when i get outta AIT...

gonna be driving the vette all the way to colorado!!!

thats about ~2k miles or soo...

:cheers:

killain

I'd look in the auto section of your newspaper, but when I was in the Navy and was stationed at our homeport in Quonset Point, RI there was a company near the base who specialized in storing cars for the sailors who were rotating out over seas. If there is a base near you I'd contact the base to see if they can give you some information? : :confused:

daily_driver

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :jester :troll

well i know it aint gonna be a cake walk... but mentally i am prepared....

its all a mind game i think... and i can play mind fark games with the best o em.

yah i need the internet to pay my bills.... (i dont use snail mail anymore!! all online payments...)

hey anyone know if "initial pay" in the army is 1 full months pay or is it like 10 dollars or what??
:lol: :confused: :confused:

Jim Shea

One other simple thing that I alway do to my Vette is to use plastic sandwich bags and tape them over the exhaust pipes and the carburator. With a V8 engine you always have at least one cylinder where the exhaust and intake valve are both open. Bagging the intake and exhaust prevents air from exchanging down into that one cylinder, basically drying it out, and corrosion setting in. I also store my cars with a full tank of stabilized gas.

Good luck.

63Banshee

Send me the keys and I'll watch it for you...