Who stores their marauder for the winter?

loud2004marquis

loud2004marquis

"Flyin Brian"
Starting to think about storing the car for the upcoming winter as we're a week into fall already.

Never stored a car before and was wondering if anyone can give some advise?
 
Clean the vehicle in and out. Put on a fresh coat of wax. Change the oil and filter and add stabil to a topped off tank. Inflate tires to 40lb. Put an opened box of fabric softener sheets in the trunk, cabin and under hood. Stuff steel wool in the tail pipes. Remove the plugs and spray fogging oil into plug holes(get at a marine supply store). Use a cover if you have it. Place several pans of rodent killer in the area. Remove any food items from the area that will attract rodents, like bird seed etc. Use a battery tender.

If you can drive the vehicle every few weeks skip the fogging oil and don't forget to remove the steel wool. Drive for at least 20-30 minutes. Letting it
just idle will do more harm than good.

Then wait for spring.

If it's in the budget use heated storage. I used a place last winter that was never below 55 degrees and they let me visit to do minor work on the car. It was located in Shelby Township in Michigan. Cost $130.00 per month.
 
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Where do you plan to store it? I store mine, but don't do all the things poppaj does, though many do. I keep mine in a heated garage. All I do is clean it, change the oil, top the fuel, and connect a battery maintainer. I do have rodent controls in the garage.

It does make a difference whether your storing it inside/outside, heated/not.
 
I use Irish Spring soap instead of dryer sheets. Three bars cut into 3rds. Due to using a neighbors garage, I pull the battery and put it in my basement. I cover mine after a detail waxing. Stabil is a must and I also use Marvels Mystery Oil, lubes the pump. I check on her quite often as I clear the neighbor's driveway and sidewalk all winter. I trickle charge the battery for a day prior to coming out of storage.
 
I'm storing it in the (non-heated) garage.

Do you really have to put a vapor barrior under the car if it's in a clean (non-heated) garage?

The garage has a concrete floor...
 
Why just letting it idle will do more harm than good? I ask because thats what my dad has been doing to his camaro for the last 20yrs. Probably has been driven a couple of times during that period. Would like to know so I can tell him.
 
If you've never store an 8 year old car Michigan car before, it probably won't make much difference now because the amount of rust underneath has already ruined it.
 
I store mine in a heated garage, concrete floor is covered with tile, car is covered with car cover. The other alternative is..... take it to Alternative Automotive, have Lidio do a bunch of work to it, then you can pick it up in the spring, storage problem solved.
 
loud2004marquis said:
I'm storing it in the (non-heated) garage.

Do you really have to put a vapor barrior under the car if it's in a clean (non-heated) garage?

The garage has a concrete floor...
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I stored my '63 in an unheated poll barn with a concrete floor one winter (someone elses). When I pulled it out in the spring there were 2 orange lines on the floor that duplicated my exhaust system. Moisture had come up through the floor, condensed on the underside of the car, and dripped off on the floor. The water on the exhaust caused rust which dripped off the car and was visible on the floor.
 
I park mine in an unheated but dry garage.

Every 3 weeks, weather permitting, I start the car and let it idle until it reaches operating temperature, then drive it around the compound where it is stored (no salt in the lot, just dry pavement). Throw it in neutral, give it a few good revs, put it back in storage.

No problems to report yet.
 
PappaJ covered it. I store my unless there is sufficient break in the weather and it rains enough to was the salt off the road.
 
this will be my 10th winter(picked it up 6/24/02) and what i do is a full tank of gas,oil change, car cover on my driveway and i do start it every week or so and as long as theres no snow,salt ect. i try to drive 1x a week. i know it's not over the top but so far no rusting. car has 20k mi.
 
I will store one and drive the other, switching every few weeks. It has not snowed here in 10 years. Worn long sleeve shirts for about 6 days. If you want to store it here let me know. I promise I will NOT drive it. Really.. Anything to help a brother or sister in the Marauder world.
 
Shaijack said:
I will store one and drive the other, switching every few weeks. It has not snowed here in 10 years. Worn long sleeve shirts for about 6 days. If you want to store it here let me know. I promise I will NOT drive it. Really.. Anything to help a brother or sister in the Marauder world.
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That's why I love this place :beer:
 
Spectragod said:
I store mine in a heated garage, concrete floor is covered with tile, car is covered with car cover. The other alternative is..... take it to Alternative Automotive, have Lidio do a bunch of work to it, then you can pick it up in the spring, storage problem solved.
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I love this option !!!! :D
 
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