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Safe way to store a DSM in a Tarp Shed?

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fmars62

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May 30, 2011
Middletown, New_York
Hey guys, I have been looking to get a dsm and I am probably going to be getting one soon, but since I am 18 and away at college I'll have to leave it at my parents house and we have and empty portable garage sitting on top of some gravel and thats where I will be keeping it but a big problem by us is mice and other creatures. Thats where we keep out lawn mowers and every year after we take them out from the winter there is a mice nest in them, how do i make my dsm bulletproof to mice and everything else? can i like spray the perimeter of the shed? Moth balls? Traps? What do I do to 100% keep them out of my car?

edit: sorry not tarp shed portable garage and it looks like this:
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Jack up all four corners to get the weight off the tires, or take the tires off and lay them flat and covered, but pump them up to 40psi before doing the two methods. this keeps them round and in great condition.

Disconnect the battery completely.

Have the gas tank full so no moisture condensation can be created.

Take the sparkplugs out and pour a bit of oil down the cylinders to keep the cylinder walls wet. It will smoke up real good when you first start, but this keeps things lubed up.

After you get back and start it up again, do an oil change real soon since the oil will eventyally pick up what settled down inside the block.

Put a tarp over the vehicle while inside the portable.

some tips for starters- Good luck with school. DSM
 
Jack up all four corners to get the weight off the tires, or take the tires off and lay them flat and covered, but pump them up to 40psi before doing the two methods. this keeps them round and in great condition.

Disconnect the battery completely.

Have the gas tank full so no moisture condensation can be created.

Take the sparkplugs out and pour a bit of oil down the cylinders to keep the cylinder walls wet. It will smoke up real good when you first start, but this keeps things lubed up.

After you get back and start it up again, do an oil change real soon since the oil will eventyally pick up what settled down inside the block.

Put a tarp over the vehicle while inside the portable.

some tips for starters- Good luck with school. DSM

ok so where do i jack it up from? do i leave it on cinderblocks? also you have me confused about the spark plugs i though you dont want oil to get down into where they are?

You could get a car bag which you drive over and zip it up. Although the mice will probably eat right through it eventually.

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Carbag - Protective jackets for your car or motorcycle

do these really work that well?
 
plug up the exhaust with steel wool to keep mice out
don't use a tarp if moisture is a problem - actually get a good car cover.
if you live in an area with high humidity or moisture, get a 'can' of damp-rid and put it in the car.
 
Ok, so where do I jack it up from? Do I leave it on cinderblocks? Also, you have me confused about the spark plugs. I thought you dont want oil to get down into where they are?
Each corner, behind the wheel well underneath and along the frame pinchweld, is a notch where a scissor jack is to go when changing the tire. Jackstands are the real way to go to raise all four corners up and I have even seen large diameter tree stumps to keep the car elevated. If use cinderblocks, find ones that are more denser for less breakage.

Motor needs oil to lubricate anyway, thus a couple of ounces of oil down the sparkplug hole where it will lay across the top of the piston and keep the cylinder walls wet. Then put the sparkplugs back after it's done. Like I say, when it starts up, it's gonna smoke like a banshee since it's burning off the oil, but it will eventually quit and you be back to normal. But, this is a prevent measure so you won't have the possibility of scoring the cylinder walls with the piston rings if the walls are bone dry from oil until the oil pressure builds back up.

ALSO, if you're not going to start that thing for a few months, then get ready to fire it up, plan on some nasty lifter tick since the oil in the lifters will drain out. Thus, it will take some time during idle to get the oil pumped back up into the lifters to quiet them down.
 
Each corner, behind the wheel well underneath and along the frame pinchweld, is a notch where a scissor jack is to go when changing the tire. Jackstands are the real way to go to raise all four corners up and I have even seen large diameter tree stumps to keep the car elevated. If use cinderblocks, find ones that are more denser for less breakage.

Motor needs oil to lubricate anyway, thus a couple of ounces of oil down the sparkplug hole where it will lay across the top of the piston and keep the cylinder walls wet. Then put the sparkplugs back after it's done. Like I say, when it starts up, it's gonna smoke like a banshee since it's burning off the oil, but it will eventually quit and you be back to normal. But, this is a prevent measure so you won't have the possibility of scoring the cylinder walls with the piston rings if the walls are bone dry from oil until the oil pressure builds back up.

ALSO, if you're not going to start that thing for a few months, then get ready to fire it up, plan on some nasty lifter tick since the oil in the lifters will drain out. Thus, it will take some time during idle to get the oil pumped back up into the lifters to quiet them down.

for the pinch weld dont you mean behind the front wheels and then in front of the rear wheels?

and for the oil (i just want to make sure i get it right), i put a couple ounces down each spark plug gallery and then plug the spark plug back in? i dont want to leave the spark plug out?
 
You can put the car on stands, or bump up tire pressures. Thing with those garage's is they will get very hot in the summer, so maybe remove the rear view mirror (just a phillips screw) I say this as mine came off the windshield. May want to pull the battery, keep it in the garage on a maintainer, have someone check on it every now and then.
Lastly, pick up 4 to 8 mouse traps and put them around each wheel or jack stand. A dead mouse isn't going to build a home in your car. Keep the gas tank full, put some sta-bil in there. I let me car sit all summer, fire it up for winters and thats all I do.
 
if you park it toward the front or back make sure the tarp can't rub your car on a windy day. happened to my rear bumper and actually rubbed the paint off a bit.
 
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i have 4 of these jack stands, will the car be safe sitting on them? if the car is sitting on them, the pinchweld wont bend out will it?
 
Stands usually will be placed around the axle area, not on the welds.

Why I said the pinch welds is I've seen scissor jacks on all four corners which can and support that weight and these jacks are for the weld area.

Sorry, if I was misleading.
 
Stands usually will be placed around the axle area, not on the welds.

Why I said the pinch welds is I've seen scissor jacks on all four corners which can and support that weight and these jacks are for the weld area.

Sorry, if I was misleading.

im sorry but i still dont understand. will the jacks i have work? where would I put them? do you have any pictures that will help?
 
I don't know why but I found this thread title hilarious....Probably because I have thought about doing the same thing, but with tarps and pcv pipe.

Aren't there car storage places where you can park the car inside for a monthly fee? May be cheaper than buying a $400 tarp building/dsm summer steamer that will degrade after a year of being in the sun.
 
im sorry but i still dont understand. will the jacks i have work? where would I put them? do you have any pictures that will help?

Put the jackstands under the "frame rails" of the car. They look much like square tubing about 6" from the pinched meatal of the body. I always support my car from these as the pinched areas will buckle with a normal jack and jackstands.
 
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