You don't crank it with the diesel in the tank. The oil in the diesel preserve the lines.Keeps tank from rusting. keeps lines lubed. I do turn the key to let the pump prime. It may seem stupid to some but those who think that haven't tried it. I have done it several times myself. 87 bronco sat for 2.5 years. drained tank put gas in put battery in and fired up Ran like a top. 94 f150 same way 1 year. I know several people that do the same thing with no issues.
To each is to Own though.

 

I'm so glad other people already mentioned the ixnay on the mothballs. It's a common myth that moth ***** ward off snakes and yet the sweet old lady across the street has them sprinkled all the way around the perimeter of her house... you can smell the stench from across the street.

I would put a glue board for rodents near every tire before I put moth ***** out.

Dryer sheets work great and as was mentioned, replacing them every once in a while isn't a bad idea either.

 

Yeah like I said I used the dryer sheet method every year for storing my Cutlass. Never had a single problem with rodents (there was evidence that they were in the garage, but they stayed away from the car), and the interior smelled so good when I'd open her back up in the spring time.

I remember going to car shows and you could tell which guys used mothballs because you could smell their cars just from walking past. My Cutlass would keep that Spring Fresh Dryer Sheet scent until the end of summer.

 

Thanks for the ideas guys. I'll be attending NASCAR Technical Institute for those who asked lol.

My Jeep is extremely clean as is and gets waxed twice a month (OCD), has new brake fluid from when I did my rear disc swap last month, coolant that's about 3 months old, and both diffs have brand new Mobil 1 gear lube in them. The only fluid that really hasn't been touched is the trans.

I won't have anyone to touch my Jeep or replace dryer sheets which kinda sucks... Just gotta hope for the best lol.

 

Don't do mothballs as mentioned inside the vehicle you will never get rid of that smell. Mice hate fresh fabric sheets and Irish Springs soap. I've done this for years and never had a problem.

 

Well all I have to say is I think this is all may be a bit of overkill. I parked my XJ behind my garage and left it there for TEN years. In that whole time I started it twice after charging the battery. I live in the interior of Alaska where winter here means as low as -60 and summers could be +90. So it saw the most extreme temp swings possible IMHO.

This spring I decided it was time to pull it back out and fix some of it's 'issues' and use it as my daily driver. I put 6 new plugs in, spun on a new oil filter, added 5 gallons of fresh gas and put in a new battery. VAROOM.

Now, the front tires were toast from rot, but the backs were ok. That is the only real 'bad' thing that happened aside from the battery.

After fixing the 'issues' (see my build) in June and doing some minor tuneup/maintenance (cap, rotor, wires, filters, full fluid change and lube) I have now put 500+ miles on it and it's rolling like a champ.

So....long story short, if I was going to put it up again I would probably drop a can of SeaFoam in the tank to preserve gas, put it up on blocks to protect the tires and pull the battery and put it inside (since mine finally discharged and broke open when frozen).

Other than that it's gonna be just fine! Because afterall.........Nothing Runs Like a Jeep™

Dutch

 

I'm with the mice on the Irish Spring soap lol

 

lol... eaten some soap a time or two, did ya?

 

I tried steel wool in the exhaust pipe once. Didn't work for me. The next time, I bought a freeze plug, drilled a hole in the middle and put a long bolt with nuts through there as a handle, and wedged it up in the tailpipe. On the tires, remove them, clean both sides, hit both sides with dressing, then spray them down with a spray wax. Coat your brake lines the same way. For your battery, you can hook your trickle charger to one of those mechanical dial appliance timers so it only runs an hour or so a day. To keep things out of the engine bay, I have sprayed everything under the hood down with machine oil with cayenne pepper mixed in with it. I just washed it all off later. Block off the intake for the air box to keep things from nesting in there. Block off the vents in front of the windshield to keep a small army of insects from getting down in there and breeding. Be prepared for some of the seals in your AC system to dry out and shrink up a bit, possibly losing your Freon. Seen that lots of times, especially on the spring lock press fittings. Also be prepared for the brushes in the starter to get stuck and/or develop poor connection with the armature. If it won't crank upon you return, try tapping the starter housing with a hammer to loosen them up and reseat them.

 

You might also try one of these for the tailpipe...

 

Way more times than I can count lol! Needless to say I was a little wild when I was younger. My mom would scrape it on my teeth too and not let me rinse my mouth out lol. It was deserved.

 

That reminds me... I have something similar on my ATV with an FMF exhaust.

Where can you buy the one you suggested at?

 

depending on what camp you're in with fuel in the tank... Use HEET or something similar if you do store with gas in there. Will help with condensation you'll get in the tank from temp fluctuations. And you don't have to drain it out. Use with a full tank of gas.

 

lol... home depot, lowes, or your local hardware store - it's a plumbing test plug.

 

get r done. lol