Date:         Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:39:10 -0600
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From:         OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
Comments: To: Jeremy Stovin <jjstov@YAHOO.COM>
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                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