Jeremy In hopes to help stop the Spinning I will summarize what I would do in a HibernationProcess ~ not saying you or anybody else should do it this way ~ this just what I would do When putting it to bed Add recommended amounts of M'M'O' & Sta-Bil to the GasTank & then Fill it Full Disconnect & Remove the Battery ~ put a TrickleCharger on the Batt' somewhere away from the vehicle Leave the OldOIL in it ~ maybe even add 2 or 3 Quarts of cheap SAE10 to it so as to get oil up around the bearings ~ I actually have never really thought about that 'til just now ~ maybe 'cause I don't Hibernate my vehicles ~ If anybody thinks that's a bad idea please jump in ~ as if I had to ask When waking it up ~~ EVEN BEFORE FIRING IT UP ~~ Always change the Oil ~ Even if you do not add extra oil ~ especially on an Old Engine, lots of not so nice stuff can get into the oil when it sits for an extended period of time -> Gas, H2O & I have heard, but not confirmed, that acids can develop in that Soup & you do not want to pump any of that stuff throughout your Engine Replace & reconnect the Batt' Check the tires Light the Fires & Roll off down the Road ORR ~ DeanB PS ~ I probably left something out since I never really do it On 15 Mar , 2013, at 5:22 PM, Jeremy Stovin wrote: > AAAHHH!! My head is spinning!! I am in Seattle. Summer temps are > 60-80. Driving to San Diego in July. Can we agree that 15w-40 will > be just fine for me? Taking an aspirin. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 15, 2013, at 2:43 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote: > >> ---- Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM> wrote: >>> Record back in the sixties was 118. Maybe your memory added ten. >> >> that's not that much hotter than here. We had 115 last summer, and >> 112 and over for days at a time. Similar the previous summer, >> except I think the hottest was 114. Central Oklahoma, not far from >> Oklahoma City. But, we have winter, and not just in the mountains >> (we don't have any of those, though there are ranges of hills that >> bear the name). >> >> mcneely >> >>> >>> Karl Wolz >>> Sent from my electronic umbilicus >> >> -- >> David McNeely |
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