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Old Dec 31, 2010 | 12:18 AM
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Default Re: Winter Storage Checklist

Originally Posted by Buffalo-Lax35
I'm just a newbie to car storage, but I thought the pads were to prevent flat spots on the tires. I just picked up 4 rubber tiles, like the ones you can find @ the gym to absorb the shock of people dropping weights on the floor.

Changed the oil today for the first time. It was a rather painless procedure thanks to everyone's previous "how to" posts. I used a hand pump from Harbor Freight with the tubes slightly modified to take the oil out. Everything done in 45 minutes. I did end up using an oil filter from Fram. It's a paper filter, so I'll probably replace in 3 months and switch to a fleece filter when I take her out of the garage in May.

Thank God for the sudden 40 degree "heatwave" in Western NY.
Pump up the tires and move it a foot or so every month. No problem, these aren't your old tires from the sixties and seventies.
 
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