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Winter Storage #1
Dragonfly Jim McCarty New York, USA 1973 Triumph Spitfire 1500 "Dragonfly"	Posted: October 30, 2007 07:24PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 6

OK if you live in the frozen north country--suggestions for putting the Baby away for the cold winter months.

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Re: Winter Storage #2
fittospit Greg Deyo North Branch, Minnesota, USA 1974 Triumph Spitfire	Posted: October 03, 2008 09:12PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 413

I live in Minnesota. When I store any car, I put Seafoam in the tank and run the vehicle to let it get through the carbs and fuel lines. Depending upon length of storage I may fog the cylinders, but not usually. I use another can of Seafoam and poor half down the carburetor with the engine running and let the vehicle choke out while I get the last half down. I prefer to lift the vehicle to get the tires off the ground. I set mousetraps all through the vehicle and trunk and check them often. The Seafoam is a better gas stabilizer than Sta-bil and is a great detergent when you fire up in the spring. It also helps coat the cylinders when you poor it down the carb. It's worked well for my cars and boats for many years. Fortunately winter only lasts 10 months or so up here, so there is plenty of time to enjoy my cars.

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Re: Winter Storage #3
90632D Fox Trapper Various, USA	Posted: October 26, 2010 12:11PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 1,599

http://www.carbag.com/

I've been using one of these for several years now. Works every bit as well as the maker claims. The car comes out in the spring looking like time stopped.

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Re: Winter Storage #4
col colin renshall liverpool, United Kingdom	Posted: December 18, 2010 11:23AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 6

Hi Jim
I am normally on the midget forum but it should be the same for you as for me this is what i do when putting her to bed

1leave car up on all four wheels

2drain petrol tank and fuel lines

3 grease all bright work

4 remove wooden steering wheel if you have got one

5 disconnect battery and remove it

6 grease all greasing points

7 drain all water including window wash

8 make sure handbrake is off

9 cover with sheet

Just done mine took me a full day to do the wire wheels the thing we do to keep these cars we are all crazy
Colin

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Re: Winter Storage #5
geoffreyk Geoff Kearley Conception Bay South, Topsail, Newfoundland, Canada 1980 Triumph TR7 Drophead	Posted: February 16, 2011 10:22AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 106

Colin/Greg/Jim,
On January 22 I put my 1980 TR7 away for the first time. It is in unheated storage 20 km away. We don't get a deep cold winter like Minnesota but it ranges from +8 to -10 Celsius with plenty of precipitation to match the temperature and not much sunlight. Fall is usually damp and winter usually comes on steady in December and lets up in late April but I have seen snow every month except July and August.

I am only storing the car until May so I did as the previous owner did;
1. fill up the gas tank
2. change to a light-weight motor oil [he did this in November]
3. remove the floor carpets and spray with RustCheck
4. leave all the resevoirs full
5. cover up loosely with a cloth cover
6. check tire inflations and leave all four on the floor
7. turn off the battey at the cut-off switch
8. remove anything decomposable from the car
9. The garage owner has a trap-line for mice and checks it regulary. So far he has had none this year. My friend had his car cover gnawed by squirrels when it was stored elsewhere.

I will see how this serves me and adjust as required next year. Temperature in the storage garage varies from about -5 C to +10 C. It has a painted concrete floor and my car, being the smallest, gets sunlight [when it shines] from the nearby window.
Geoff

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Re: Winter Storage #6
JELM RICHARD JACOBS SUTTONS BAY, USA	Posted: October 20, 2011 11:16AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 17

IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG WITH JUST STARTING MY TR7 EVERY WEEK AND LETING IT GET WARM I LIVE IN NORTHERN MI

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Re: Winter Storage #7
spurs1canada Barry Hotspur Winnipeg,Manitoba, Canada 1972 Triumph GT6 MkIII "Mellow Yellow" 1976 Triumph Spitfire 1500 "Li'l Red"	Posted: October 26, 2011 05:12PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 1,293

I store mine in a garage tent,it was good for a couple of years but this last spring when i went out there was a lot of moisture,i think the roof was allowing snow melt to get through.Put a new vinyl tarp on the roof hope it is drier.I usually just drive the cars in already clean and put normal covers on them.For rodent protection i use Dryer towels, smells way better than mothballs that a lot of people use,i stuff them everywhere interior and engine compartment,seems to work.That carbag looks good, how much?

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Re: Winter Storage #8
Dino V Chicago, USA 1979 Triumph Spitfire 1500	Posted: January 06, 2012 12:15PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 841

Mine is usually stored for 4 to 5 months so I just do regular things like Seafoam in the gas tank, top off all fluids, etc. Other than that, winter usually consists on detailing and making the Spit shine even more.

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Re: Winter Storage #9
brucejon Bruce Jones Santa Cruz CA, USA 1963 Triumph TR3B "Tupperware TR3" 1969 Triumph 1500 "Mk3 With 1500 EU" 1972 Triumph TR6	Posted: January 09, 2012 11:03PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 224

winter i've heard some places have that...

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Re: Winter Storage #10
flyinlow Kevin N Elko NV, USA	Posted: January 14, 2012 03:49PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 74

Don't forget to remove all triumph badges and install fiat badges
Nobody would steal a fiat

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