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From : cbhvac

Q: i own & drive 5 corvettes and a chevelle for 7-8 months of the yrar and store them for the other 4-5 months.... 1. how often should i start-it up i do not start them... period ! 2. when i start-up should i run it n the highway for a some time if you start it up i definately wourd drive it about 15 to 20 miles 3. is there anything i need to do to the fuel like put a stabilizer in it i gave up using stabilizser etc long ago...now store the cars with 1/4 tank of gas there is another group of guys who insist on storeing with full gas tanks. however so i really do not have an answer... 4. what about the engine oildo need to change it before we embark on our annual summer trip i change the oil when i store the vehicles...not the filter .and change it again and the filter when i pull them out in the spring... maybe i put 10 miles on each car before i change the oil..most of the time i do not put any mles on them 5. should i disconnet the batteties honestly i used to have to replace 2 or 4 batteries every year until i started hooking up a float charger battery tender to each car...been at least 5 years since i had a battery die on me ... thanks in advance for your input. no problem...but you are storing your truck for twice as long as i store my toys.. really should not be a problem however... i would think about taking the weight ff the suspension with jack stands if i were storing for 9 months... never needed to to that just for my short time winter storage... oh i read this group because my daily driver is a dodge truck... bob g .

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From : mac davis

tbone tbonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote in you have tightened the hub nut to 175-190 ft-lbs on a 2 wheel drive 3 times and drove it that way for 50000 at least two of those times do you change your front tires every 500 feet as well does anybody have a manual that can check that setting i dont understand why you have a problem with this. my haynes and clymer manual both list this as a torque value i suppose the fsm is the difinitive source but again both books couldnt be that off could they if you want i can scan that page and post it here. the whole bearing assembly spins freely with 1 finger. you gotta be confusing inch pounds with foot pounds. .