Mothballing / Axle Stands

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Martin Mc
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Mothballing / Axle Stands

Post by Martin Mc » Sat Sep 20, 2014 1:16 pm

Hello folks,

I'm about to put the toy away in the garage for the winter, as I won't have time to use it or do anything significant maintenance wise till early next year.

I plan to raise the car up and store her on axle stands to allow rotation of discs and avoid flat spots on the tyres. I was wondering if anyone had done the same and whether there was any advice about where to place the axle stands (I'm not sure that jacking points are the best idea).

Also, if anyone has any general tips about mothballing a 480 (do's and don'ts, that kind of thing) I'd be pleased to hear from you.

The car? Fairly bog standard white ES 2.0 (with full leather and aircon) just under 50k miles and good rear arches.

Thanks in advance

;) ;) ;)
1991 ES White / 1995 ES Red / 1995 ES Red / 1994 S Black / 1995 Celebration Red / 1994 S Paris Blue / 1995 Celebration (again!) Red - Currently free of all extramarital cars, wrench-loose and fancy free :)

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Re: Mothballing / Axle Stands

Post by gltease » Sat Sep 20, 2014 3:31 pm

bit of googling returned this > http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2013 ... inter.html
and this > http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2013 ... inter.html

Boys and girls on here will have more tips no doubt and there maybe 480 specific tips, anything to prevent further leaks and rust for sure.

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Ulrika480
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Re: Mothballing / Axle Stands

Post by Ulrika480 » Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:46 pm

Leave the handbrake off

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doingitsideways
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Re: Mothballing / Axle Stands

Post by doingitsideways » Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:38 pm

Ulrika480 wrote:Leave the handbrake off
Ha ha ha, yeah...

Not many decent rear calipers left! ;)
"If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical fault!"
Hammers can't fix a 480!!!

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