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HIBERNATION & MILEAGE
We’re working on a lovely Mustang at the moment, which has developed some pretty typical problems for something that has been sitting for a few years. It’s developed some typical problems for a Windsor, such as corrosion where the timing cover/water pump meets the block. Aluminium to steel, two different metals, and the coolant has become acidic and is slowly eating at the softest metal.
Let’s just say your job is taking you overseas for a couple of years and the love-affair with the car is still alive. Then, as your grand-dad used to say, put it up on blocks! So get the weight off the tyres so they don’t flat-spot – or if that doesn’t work for you, at least run them up to maximum inflation.
Then you remove all the fluids, except the engine oil. Fuel out, coolant out, brake fluid out. Seal the lid on the master cylinder with a bit of tape to discourage air getting in.
