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Subject:Winter Storage
From:�ric Giroux
Date:Wed, 8 Sep 1999 14:56:43 -0400

Folks,

I'm looking for the final answer on this issue.
I've searched the archives, and I found:

- Change the oil
- Fill gas tank and add 'Stabil' -- or remove gas tank
- Put the van on blocks
- Remove the battery -- put it on an intermittent charger
- Remove all the removeable cushions  + install mouse traps
- Remove windshield wipers
- Drain all the water
- Pump RV antifreeze into the in-line water pump (or remove the pump)
- Drain the sink trap
- Fill propane tank
- Put a few bags of dessicant in the van -- or a small ceramic heater
- Leave the fridge, water tank, cabinets, etc. cracked open
- Leave a few windows slightly open
- Try to block moisture from the groud (hard if the van is outside...)
- Put a cover on the van (I've been recommended Stormtech)  -- use light
colour so the interior does not swing between -30 at night and +30 at noon...
- Release the handbrake

- Drain the oil after the winter

Anybody care to add anything??

Thanks,

�ric

�ric Giroux
Aylmer (Qu�bec), CANADA
'84 Westy "La Surprise"

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