Wintering you E-body

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Offline 500Stroker

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Re: Wintering you E-body
« Reply #15 on: November 25, 2012 - 06:28:41 PM »
I do nothing but start and run the car for 10 minutes every 4 - 6 weeks.  If we get a warm day I may go for a 30 minute drive.




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Re: Wintering you E-body
« Reply #16 on: November 25, 2012 - 07:13:07 PM »
Thank you both; and, my '73 sits up high enough that fishin' most anything out from under her shouldn't be a problem, let alone a sack o' brquets (for the foreseeable future, anyway!) and the missus has me to crawl under her car (all original, it sits MUCH lower [almost to low, IMO]) so yeah, that should be "fun".

One last question related to this topic and for any forum members who might be able to shed some light.

Anyone heard of this stuff called "PRI-G"?

A buddy and neighbor is a HVAC mechanic and they do a LOT of work with gov't-installation generators.

He said that is where he heard about "PRI-G" first and then he got real curious about it after he heard the mechanics in the area marinas extolling the virtues of the stuff:

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Re: Wintering you E-body
« Reply #17 on: November 25, 2012 - 09:34:00 PM »
I put Irish Spring soap - original scent in the trunk, under the seats, in the air vents to discourage rodents. DoNotChallengeher suggested it to me a couple years ago and I haven't had a mouse issue since.
Could be coincidence, but seems to work. Use it in my 5th wheel too!
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Re: Wintering you E-body
« Reply #18 on: November 25, 2012 - 09:41:41 PM »
BIGS,

  I can imagine getting that charcoal out of the garage come Spring time doesn't score very high on the fun meter.    :eek7:

some years I just leave it sit.  Unless I have an "under car" project coming up.  :dunno:
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Re: Wintering you E-body
« Reply #19 on: November 25, 2012 - 11:09:38 PM »
I'll throw a flannel shirt in the back and make sure my windshield wipers are fresh.

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Re: Wintering you E-body
« Reply #20 on: November 25, 2012 - 11:33:35 PM »
I put Irish Spring soap - original scent in the trunk, under the seats, in the air vents to discourage rodents. DoNotChallengeher suggested it to me a couple years ago and I haven't had a mouse issue since.
Could be coincidence, but seems to work. Use it in my 5th wheel too!

I did that one year in my Buick that I stored elseware... the mice loved that soap, they ate it all! Like 5 bars worth, then crapped all over the car!  :lol:
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Re: Wintering you E-body
« Reply #21 on: November 26, 2012 - 08:46:12 PM »
I did that one year in my Buick that I stored elseware... the mice loved that soap, they ate it all! Like 5 bars worth, then crapped all over the car!  :lol:
Barrie mice are just wierd!
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Re: Wintering you E-body
« Reply #22 on: November 26, 2012 - 09:05:49 PM »
I usually put the car up on jack stands, and then pull it a part in some fashion to fix / improve something.

This winter its a full front suspension rebuild...and maybe a little more :bigsmile:

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Re: Wintering you E-body
« Reply #23 on: November 26, 2012 - 10:11:48 PM »
Barrie mice are just wierd!

 :lol: Mutans!
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Re: Wintering you E-body
« Reply #24 on: November 27, 2012 - 11:41:03 AM »
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Re: Wintering you E-body
« Reply #25 on: December 10, 2012 - 12:56:52 AM »
I use thick plastic/visqueen and a 4x8 rubber mat from the bed of my old pickup truck to create a moisture barrier under my car. 

All four tires get raised off the cement.

Battery goes into the basement.

I look at pictures of my car all winter long.
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Re: Wintering you E-body
« Reply #26 on: December 10, 2012 - 09:17:31 AM »
I don't start or drive mine during the winter so, along with a bunch of stuff that already been said,  I also put steel wool in the tail pipes in case a mouse wants in there.
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Re: Wintering you E-body
« Reply #27 on: December 15, 2012 - 11:40:40 AM »
I also put steel wool in the tail pipes in case a mouse wants in there.
I don't do that as I want to see the liittle boogers fly out the back at the speed of sound when I do the first start in spring  :lol:

Actually I have the hoist and I raise it when I am not working in there. Seems to keep the pests away. Also use those live traps with the sticky peanut smelling paper in them ............ and some mouse poison with a bowl of water beside. Bounce perfume dryer sheets seem to work when my son's Charger was around.
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