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EdinburghJoe
V4 Fan
United Kingdom
162 Posts |  Posted - 12 Jul 2018 : 21:22:26  
| Hi all,
I’ve accumulated a few spares to help keep my 96 on the road in the future, and I’m not sure what is the best way to store them.
I have a brick garage where the car lives and also some space in the attic- above the loft insulation- that gets very hot in summer and cold in winter, and not that well ventilated.
The small stuff is in the attic at the moment - eg a distributor, starter, steering rack, brake callipers. Now that it’ll be dry, would it be a good plan to try to seal moisture out using plastic bags or similar, or is that asking for trouble because if moisture gets in it’ll never evaporate?
Alternative could be to leave them open on a shelf in the garage, which is better ventilated.
I also have an engine and gearbox which are living in the garage and will have to stay there. I can manually turn them over every now and then, but is there anything else I should be doing?
Thanks,
Joe. |
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melle
V4 Guru
United Kingdom
3833 Posts | Posted - 13 Jul 2018 : 20:58:22
| I generally just hope for the best; I turn my spare engines over every now and then though.
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Mos6502
V4 Fan
USA
133 Posts | Posted - 14 Jul 2018 : 07:57:53
| | Small stuff put in boxes, or bags, throw a couple packets of silica gel in with them. I do that for all my old cameras, keeps mold from growing on the lenses. | |
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greg124
V4 Fan
United Kingdom
173 Posts | Posted - 16 Jul 2018 : 01:53:41
| | I keep interior parts - seats, carpets and a few other bits - in the spare bedroom, light lenses are on a shelf in the sitting room, and suspension parts which have just had two coats of hammerite are in the airing cupboard curing. Still got a Norton featherbed frame under a towel round her side of the bed... | |
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Best way to store spares?
