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Re: Storage question

To: "Gano, Ken" <kengano@advant.com>
Subject: Re: Storage question
From: Justin Wagner <jmwagner@greenheart.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 19:42:43 -0800
Cc: Triumph News Group <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Organization: J.M.Wagner Sales, Ltd.
References: <008301bd3c05$46131280$317132cf@kengano>
Hi Ken...

Have you checked out the VTR site regarding storage?

http://www.vtr.org/maintain/storing.html


It's a pretty good article...

--Justin
http://www.greenheart.com/jmwagner

Gano, Ken wrote:
> 
>     I posted this a couple of days ago and got no responses, so here goes
> again.
> 
>     I recently acquired a '59 Model 10 Sedan.  For various reasons, not the
> least of which is a pending TR3 project, it will be 1 to 2 years before I
> can get serious about the 10.  It's in dry storage, and I'll be willing to
> take a day or so to insure it doesn't deteriorate further or the engine
> seize, etc..
> 
>     I assume I need to drain the oil, refill with a good detergent oil, turn
> the engine over enough to circulate the new oil, drain the fuel, refill with
> "stabilized" (i. e. Sta-Bil or similar product) gas, etc.
> 
>     I would like to throw some cheap rust converter and anything else that
> would help.  Anyone out there got a checklist of things that would help
> preserve it without getting into great amounts of time and / or money?
> 
> TIA
> 
> kengano@advant.com
> 1959 TR3A TS57756
> 1959 Model 10 Sedan TBE9239LDLB

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