What things should you do to your bus (and any other vehicle for that matter) if you were to decide to store it away over winter? Should you perhaps disconnect the battery? I've heard that you should start it up once in a while. But wouldn't that cause more worse than good?
I am sure there was a thread on this pre-crash. I can only remember two things: Empty out any food left in the cupboard - last thing you need to do is feed any mice that decide to make it home over winter!a tray of salt (not sure if it was household or something special) to help absorb any moisture in the air ... think you are meant to change it as required! I am sure there will be lots of people of here who can tell you all the good mechanical things you ought to do Sorry, not a lot of help - we use Daisy all year round ... in winter Matt looks like this when driving: :shiver: We are going to treat Daisy to some waxoyl this year though
Disconnect battety and i start her up every 2 weeks and drive it up n down the drive. Also putting up on jacks is good for the tyres. Leave window partly open as well if its in garage
in my case: remove engine remove gearbox remove fuel tank remove gear linkage then mend / upgrade then refit and forget about it til about March then I'll do the brakes and run it through an MOT
If it's only for a few months, I would just put a fuel stabilizer in it and be sure to run it until it's well mixed and well into the carbureator. Then I would set the frame up on jack stands to take the weight off the springs for a while. Seal the tires with plenty of Armor-all or it's equivalent and drape any that get direct sun. Ultra-violet radiation is more damaging to rubber than time itself. I don't know of any reason to disconnect the battery. I would just clip one of those little $30 solar chargers to it to keep it topped off until Spring. I believe they only produce up to about 7W (not enough to *zot* the fuel injection computer) and most have an automatic safety that stops them from over-charging, so you can just plug it in and forget it. I've been tinkering with the idea of wrapping a car in plastic for long term storage. Just park it on a plastic tarp, (leave plenty of slack between the tyres for jack stands later) drape another large plastic tarp on top, and tape the top securely to the bottom. One could place a small inexpensive dehumidifier inside. Run the drain tube and power cords for the dehumidifier and charger through the seam and tape it securely shut. In theory, the inside of that tarp bubble should stay as dry as a bag of popcorn in an Arizona desert. A cheap humidity gauge could be taped to the inside window for monitoring. It may seem like a lot of silly work, but I guess it depends on how close you live to the ocean, how foggy and humid your area is, and how much you enjoy performing rust repair as apposed to rust prevention. I would also toss in a few boxes of good old fashioned moth balls to protect the wood, canvas, bedding, etc,... from moths and rodents.
or if you have a 5 month old shizz paint job like me ...commence stripping the whole van back tore bare metal again
