My top tips for keeping any car in top condition during a period of storage.
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- After many years keeping my own fleet of classic and moderns in ready-to go-condition, here are my top tips for successful car storage. Be that over the winter months, or during this current lockdown period.
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Me: Owns a 2014 Mazda 6 that sits outside all the time
Also Me: Watches a 20 minute video on how to store all your classic cars
that's ok, i have 2009 mini cooper s that also lives outside all the time :)
So the Mazda section of your garage is outside?:)
At least you've got yourself a solid car.
Same for me, except 2016 VW. We're all dreamers, aren't we?
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Tyrrell's Classic Workshop and Harry's Garage. I can be quarantined forever❤️
Benny Lloyd-Willner you should check out Harry’s farm channel
...and wake up at the end of Quarantine to Huge Orwellian Big Government. The kind we have never seen. ..and don't worry, they'll be coming for our cars soon.
@@aretonsenner6664 Oh, I forgot to mention that. That makes it a perfect trifecta👌
Yeah - Who needs Netflix - This is for free
This video just shows that TH-cam car content isn't reliant at all on having cars moving, running, revving or speeding. It's down to the person in the video to engage with the viewer and keep them interested and to share their knowledge. Harry is brilliant at this, this video was 20 mins of walking around stationary cars but it was full of interesting facts and information. Content is only as good as the person delivering it. Bravo Harry another great video. Such a reliable source of good TH-cam content.
Absolutely brilliant Harry! Thank you so much.
You couldn't be more right!
1. Building: isolation, humidity, temperature 1:00
2. Battery: 6:06
3. Petrol: 10:40
4.Anti-freeze: 11:15
5. Tyres: 11:35
6. Convertible top: 12:12
7. Windows: 12:38
8. Hand brake: 12:55
9. Washing and covers: 13:12
10. Regular drive or start or spin it: 14:03
11. More covers: 15:23
12. Fuss over cars: 16:15
13. History file: 17:08
Another point regarding occasional run up - make certain it gets FULLY warmed. Coolant up to full temp, oil up to temp. If you start for a few minutes then shut off, condensation forms in the crankcase. The heat of run up normally evaporates it, but short on-off cycles don't. I've seen honest-to-god milkshakes in the oil from people doing this. They'd have been better off not touching it at all.
Very true, good info. I could have made this video 30mins long and wouldn't include everything but if people read all the comments, as well as watch the vid, I think they will learn a lot! 👍
Absolutely. FULL operating temperature is so important. Expels moisture from the exhaust as well. I would give them an "Italian Tune-Up", gently run them through the gears in the higher RPM range.
@@harrysgarage Very in depth though Harry.
Is it okay to leave your car stationary running on idle for a period of time? Harry i have a 993 4s thats sat in the garage on the ctek charger. You are welcome to drive/review when the lockdown is over.
Another excellent video as usual. Subscribing to Harry’s channel makes the lockdown so much more bearable
......well my mrs is furious, I’ve spent the day washing my Skoda and reversed it into the living room. Well I said Harry says it needs to be warm and dry 🤣
Just tell her, Harry’s word is LAW
Id be furious you bought a skoda with all the choice out there lol
Harry is just the loveliest chap on the planet. Feels like a brilliant pal I have never met.
Thank you so much for the output...
I love the censorship at 9:59
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@@OneFatStatueOh thats goooood!
Fatty 😂
I was wondering if anyone else noticed ;)
My father has museum registered Opel Rekord 2.0S from '80, driven approx 100k miles. Top notch condition. Unfortunately he doesn't have garage to keep it safe during winter (he would want to), but luckily we live in nordic country where winter temps go below freezing point. What he has done is to keep the car on clean tiled surface, made from concrete ground tiles, so that the ground is as dry as possible. Years ago he also did full rust proof coating to the bottom, wheel arches and even used long hose to spray the wax protection inside the skirts. He puts big felt bag of silicate grain into the interior to keep it dry from moist/humidity. Then he covers the whole car with very thin felt blanket and puts tarp cover for weather proofness, but those do not touch the ground to keep the bottom of the car ventilated. The car has been kept outside storing for past 10 years, and it hadn't rusted at all, not even in any hidden places. He even goes to drive with it on -10 C temps, to keep everything lubricated and to ''ventilate'' it a bit.
So if you don't have garage, this is propably the best way to preserve classic/old car, but it requires to have cold climate, not gonna work on UK or similar climate places, where the temps and humidity might be too high.
Brilliant tips for storaging a car...I would add: cleaning and vacuuming the interior and removing the rubber floor mats. Cleaning/changing the interior air filter. Putting a moisture absorber inside the car. Putting a silicone spray on rubber seals, bushings and rubber boots. Check and treat the corrosion spots with oil spray product or even wd40.
All top tips 👍
RestlessJack.....or get a life
@@karlos543 Maybe that's what he enjoys. Who are you to suggest that he "doesn't have a life"? Hmmh?
@@Adrian_Nel Well said .. I believe they made a movie about Karlos.. they called it "Trolls"
@@karlos543 It's a car channel for people who are passionate about cars. If you spend your time just criticising people online maybe you need to follow your own advice.
Mk2 3.8 jag, mk1 transit, cortina p100 in my workshop 35miles away, silver shadow LWB & series 2 land rover outside without covers, i did give the rolls a spring clean today
7 months on second lockdown, but this time people are keen to carry on as normal.
I salute them.
Harry, you are my favorite, please don’t stop. I don’t care if you make videos about how you organize your screwdrivers.
Get some footage in the workshop too!
All the other you tubers making videos about lockdown and panicking about content.
Harry’s garage, come into my garage, here’s how to look after your car properly 👌👌👌
SanMarino_CS Ha, good point! I don’t watch any other car you tubers anymore, as I find them all (except Harry) self absorbed and just too damn glib in general, but panicking about content sounds like something they would be doing.
The biggest difference I saw recently was to fit a Hormann 4 panel insulated garage door. You drive the car in at night and the garage is still warm the next morning. Make sure garage ceiling is fireproof plasterboard. Disconnect and electic door openers (mine opened in a fire and let draught in and wrote the car off because the windows were open! Smoke and Fire alarm. Have a fire extinguisher handy. Pump the tyres up extra hard to prevent flat spots. Ventilation is more important than heat. Let the whole system breathe. See the latest RICS consultation on buildings. Corrosion of discs under disc brake pads? Put in some plywood dummy pads soaked in oil to protect the discs. Unload suspension a little. roll car around to different position. Press brake pedal to crack piston seals. Run engine but long enough to get tailpipe really hot to get condensation out of exhaust pipe. When hot take oil filler cap off to let water vapour out of engine. Don’t plug the exhaust pipe. Car covers make cars sweat and restrict ventilation. Keep out of direct sunlight. Brake fluid is hygroscopic, put small sachet of dessicant under the lid. Be careful of over-clever battery chargers, lots of snake oil being sold. Increase concentration of corrosion inhibitor or use waterless coolant. Clamp on some sacrificial anodes to limit corrosion
A sacrificial anode, cathodic protection will only work if there is a complete circuit. Just bolting one or a few to the chassis won't do anything, the zinc needs a circuit to be completed. I guess you could store the car in damp mud or water to complete the circuit.....
Chris Clark Chris, Harry’s Lotus Elan, like mine, probably has a galvanised (zinc plated) chassis. Zinc is anodic relative to the iron in the steel Elan chassis. See the Periodic Table. This is a ‘galvanic couple’. The humidity in the atmosphere at the dew point causes water to condense on the bi-metallic junction completing the electrical circuit. On my yacht I bolt sacrificial anodes to the stainless steel propeller shaft. Each season the anode corrodes away in preference to the iron in the steel. Same as a galvanised dustbin. The effect is further exacerbated when additional electricity is added in, such car batteries, as battery chargers, shore power lines to the quayside, etc. The simple expedient of bolting a sacrificial anode will protect against cathodic (the Lotus) chassis corroding. Magnesium is also used but is more expensive than zinc. However hard he tries Harry cannot reduce the relative humidity in his garage to a point where this is not an issue. Similar couples exist between the iron in the brake discs and the metal particles (and other chemicals) in the disc pads. This is is why the brakes stick on and the discs corrode under the pads. It’s all about relative humidity, dew point, condensation and ventilation. Work with nature and you have a chance. Try and beat it, your car rots away.Magnesium alloy wheels = 4 sacrificial anodes on every corner, gently fizzing away in preference to the chassis,.This is why the wheels develop surface pitting. White magnesium oxide forms under the cracks in the lacquer and away it goes. Far better to take the laquer off and expose a greater surface area to more distributed corrosion. This is why you don’t see brass on proper yachts, only bronze. The zinc in the brass just fizzes away .....
you can't imagine how good it’s to watch your videos at this stage, it keeps our soul of classic car lovers alive. Waiting for better days to enjoy them. Greetings from Oporto / Portugal
In the old days a through draught of air was the way to prevent condensation. Barns were always full of holes; houses had cavity walls. That, in my opinion, is the way to keep cars free from wet air - hence barn find! Great posts, Harry.
You are such a down to earth chap Harry. The type of bloke a guy could sit down and have a pint with at the drop of a hat !
Just bought a Ctek charger because of this vid. I have always known about them but this pushed me to buy one with a few extra plugs for cars and a bike. So there you go ,your sponsor should be happy.
Great video, some good ideas. My twopennyworth:
You can still use your car during lockdown. When you make your essential journey to the supermarket or whatever, take the classic, The carparks aren't as full so it's easy to find a nice big space to park it in away from everyone else.
Don't run the car at idle for long periods. The oil doesn't circulate properly (or at all on some because the lift pump won't operate) so you are running the engine starved of oil.
The idea of leaving a car running at tickover to warm up is one of the great classic car myths and can really do a lot of damage. To warm the car up, just drive it gently to start with, that way everything else also gets warmed up, then give it the berries!
If you can't take the car for a run, still jump in and push the brakes, pull the handbrake on and off and move the gears to stop things seizing up. If you jack the front up you can also move the steering.
Even in the winter, if the weather has been mild, the roads are dry and any salt on the roads has been washed off by recent rain take the car for a run. Cars like to be driven, so go out and enjoy them!
I put a dehumidifier next to my car at the curb, the bugger still rusted.
How ?
Thanks Harry - fantastic as always. Stay safe Harry and everyone 👍
10:44 Love the "I've crossed the Arctic Circle in this car" moose on the sail panel. Classic!
Just a thought about storage in the current lockdown. Most (all?) UK marinas are now shut, so it’s not possible to go and visit the boat to check the temperature and humidity is OK (Meaco DD8L recommended, btw), so I’m very glad I installed an Envirotxt device. I just send it a text and it replies in a few seconds to tell me that the mains power is still connected and also the temperature. Currently 16C, at 10 pm.... If mains power is lost, it also sends me an alert so I can get the marina staff to investigate. Very useful device that could also be used for a remote garage, provided it has mains power.
Something I think you missed is mouse traps. I cleaned 17 dead mice out of my 60 year old Sprite last year and had to put a new interior in as a result. Thankfully there's not much to the interior!
The garage is drafty and is shared with the mower and animal feed but it's all we've got :)
That was another clip I forgot to include. Damn! Thanks for mentioning it though, top and important tip.
@@harrysgarage sorry, didn't mean to be that guy!
Clothes dryer sheets strategically placed. They don’t like the smell and not as harsh as moth balls no ?
The best way is to figure out where the mice are getting in and seal it up. If you set a load of traps, that means using a load of bait, which attracts even more mice. Steel wool is brilliant for plugging holes and filling voids at the edges of garage doors etc. One of the only materials the little b**tards can't chew through and it's cheap and readily available.
@@yetidh9 your answer is correct and in an ideal world would be what I did. Sadly, in my case the answer to where they're getting in is everywhere!
A lot of people watching this won't have a multi car garage..but Harry obviously knows that. Even if you only have a one car garage with one car you want to look after...the same principles described here apply just as much...just on a smaller scale. Great advice on the whole....peace.
You always make it interesting Harry. Thanks for posting.
Great video, always happy to see your notifications and I am glad to see you're well.
Wow, packed with great tips! Thanks Harry.
Great tips Harry, luv watching ur videos , keep em coming during these unusual times.
I've been washing my bicycle n giving it a bit of oil 😂🤣😂
Show off!
I just cleaned my shoes.
@@TheZmt325 I had to sell my shoes to buy thr bike 😂🤣😂
I had an old Vauxhall. It had a dead battery so I set it on fire. It stores very nicely as a 2 foot cube. It’s lovely to live in the middle of nowhere...
Regarding batteries - recently I was told by an RAC mechanic, who visited my garaged 1989 911 to check its battery, that the best thing to do with longterm storing is disconnect the battery completely. The condition of the unit when you come to fire her up many months later will be better than even a CTEK-charged unit. I once had an F355 for which I'd just use the battery cut-off switch. I drove the car twice a year on visits to the UK. Started on the button and drove 1000 miles no problem.
Regarding fuel - the anti-condensation measures make sense, but i always leave my vehicles almost empty incase they are stolen - then the thieves need to fill up quick to get anywhere - CCTV will catch them!
Great useful video Harry, thank you.
Thank you Harry for the storage tips which I will now put into action. And thanks for keeping up with the vids while we're all in lockdown.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge of so many cars throughout the years, and for doing so without ads and all of the BS. You're the real deal
Many thanks Harry, great video as always. Keep well.
Fantastic stuff! Great info and likely a sad reflection of myself that I enjoyed this so much. Keep the video's coming Harry, please! We need them.
Thanks for another great video Harry - have a great Easter and I hope you and your family are keeping well.
Harry, Wishing you and your family the very best during this difficult time. Take Care
We keep a 1970s 911 targa in Istanbul in our garage. It starts every month we go there and has never failed us. We also get cheap servicing from a local specialist because I bring him some parts from the uk for his garage.
I gave a thumbs up right after beginning only for the great idea to offer a video with such an interesting topic! Thanks a lot to Harry for all his great videos offering to us for free and also to bring Tyrrell to offer videos also. I love both channels!
A most excellent video Harry - thank you!
Thanks for the tips, Harry, love your channel 👍🏻
I alway pick up some useful tips watching your videos. Thanks Harry for a genuine usable advice.
I could watch Harry present any topic.. brilliant as always
Harry, great video! Thanks for doing and sharing. Keep on doing this!
Some great tips from Harry and viewer enthusiasts as well.
‘H’, would you advise to put a Petrol additive into the Tank to preserve your Fuel. Also before filling your Tank to the brim to preserve the Tank make sure the Tank is of sound condition. I hope you don’t have the situation I did, walking into the Garage to find it full of Petrol Fumes from a worn Rubber Hose from the Tank to the Fuel Pump, Fuel all over the Floor. 😀👍
Top tippage 😀 cheers Harry, be well!
Another brilliant video. Great advice and really useful tips for storing cars.
Ive got 3 cteks mxs 5.0 and all my cars have the comfort indicators
it makes having multiple cars a bloody dream when it comes to keeping batteries alive.
good vid harry!
Good to see that Harry is still strong his mate's Countach even after he changed garages. Harry's a good friend.
Thanks Harry, great tips. I do the same as you with history. I'm obsessed with it. Take care 👍
I was at the London Motor Show in 1987 and saw your car. Pretty exciting stuff for a 17 year old from Sweden.
Lovely lovely video - thank you Harry.
Thanks Harry and Iain,your videos have brought back many old personal memories and all the tears thinking back on them.Its a world I was involved in 35/40 years ago,And I miss terribly.Sorry guys can't watch to upsetting,many many thanks
Genuinely helpful information on storing cars. Particularly maintaining temperature to manage humidity. Thanks Harry
Another great video Harry! Lots of great insight. Now I can factor all these things into my fantasy garage.
Typically super interesting video from Harry 👍
I’m starting my collection with 2 beautiful cars, and I thank you for your tips about storage.
Great video and suggestions! Thank you Harry, keep safe!
Great video and tips, Harry. The temperature and humidity piece makes a ton of sense for BC, Canada. Thanks again.
So cool! Thanx for this, Harry. You're the man.
Hi Harry, some great tips, I've just given my mini a super thorough clean, inside and out! It has never not started, 4 months was the longest while I did some work, still turned over first go! Great stuff as always 😊
I bet James May loves this guy.
These tips are good for any cars, not just supercars and classics. Some of them I never even thought of and it completely makes sense. Well done, Harry.
Really useful and informative video Harry! Much appreciated
For wealthy folks with 1st world problems that we build homes for, embedded forced hot water heat tubing in the garage floor is standard, for efficient radiant heat. For less money or just as an additional unit to compensate for air inrush when you open the garage door on a cold day, overhead gas-fired space heaters take no floor space & blow huge volumes of hot air right where you need it.
Harry might move his humidity gauge away from the unit for a better reading, and perhaps use a large standing or overhead fan to mix the room air. An exhaust gas hose system as they have in service facilities will allow you to run the cars inside for at least short periods when it's snowing or raining and you do not want to take the vehicles out, thus keeping those injector systems fit without poisoning the air.
Loved it! Keep them coming Harry, we all need some distractions during lockdown ... even if we'll never need tips on how to store classic cars, we can still dream!!
Very good recommendations Harry 👍 I have a compressor dehumidifier and a CTek trickle charger too.
I didn't think about over inflating the tires, sounds like a very good idea!
Thank you Harry. You could not have timed this better. I have just inherited a Triumph from my late father and now I know exactly how to care for it once I have made some minor repairs and got it Norfolk. Great video Harry!!!
Such passion for your cars!👍
Thanks Harry, just what I needed!
Such an informative video, thank you Harry, also may I just say that you have a beautiful collection of classic cars.
Good tips there Harry, thanks 👍🏼
Great content... Really useful.... Thanks Harry 👍
I’ve literally JUST bought a CTEK charger 5 mins ago and was looking for reviews. You read my mind Harry.
THE "Primer" for proper motorcar storage. Many thanks for sharing your experience.
Thank you for sharing some great tips Harry. I have a very reasonably priced desiccant dehumidifier in my stand alone single garage which works very well for me. It has a drainage pipe to outside but slightly warms up the air in the garage too. After 5 years of storage the car remains perfect and I have the benefit of all my tools in the garage remaining rust free too.
This is by far the best video showing how to store you car ..thanks
Great information as per usual.
Thanks Harry,
Great feature Harry, what a wonderful idea for a video 👍
Thank you so much you both😊Hope you’ve enjoyed the Sun on the farm today 🙂
Harry, brilliant video. I have recently started a car storage business and this video provided priceless information. Thank you
Another very informative, great video - thanks, Harry! I keep my vintage car in a Carcoon inside my garage and apply silicate bags which I change / dry every other month. Keeps moisture down to 60% and needs no electricity. Best regards - stay healthy everyone!
Dont forget mice like heated garages in winter ! I tie-wrap plastic bags around the exhaust and air intake, and leave softening sheets in the cabin. Mothballs also work but the smell lingers. Cheers and stay healthy.
Thankyou for a very interesting video, very informative. Love you collection.
I am captivated by some of the art work
Thanks Harry always enjoy your videos...
Stevie C check out Harry’s farm channel
Thanks for the very insightful video Harry!! Cheers
Excellent advice Harry. I really enjoy your videos. I would love to have a well insulated garage for my cars - maybe some day I will get around to building one ! Thank you Harry, I appreciate your helpful advice.
Great pieces of advice, thanks!
Fantastic vid Harry
Omg I sat in the red countach at the 87 London motor show
Another great video Harry👍🇦🇺
The vid I was waiting for Harry. Some real good advice, like the idea of a history file. Just took my car out of its winter storage this weekend after 7 months of hibernation. I’ll get her de SORNED 1st May. Previous advice I’d heard was to refrain from starting the car to avoid not warming the engine enough and creating condensation in exhaust components etc that could sit and do damage.
Another truly amazing Video. Thanks for the wonder content you post
Great film, thanks Harry.
You can get desiccant dehumidifiers that don't chuck the heat out, instead they put the water in to a tank like the refrigerant one.
I've used a few Eco Air branded ones.
Yes and I mentioned that in a clip I forgot to include. Damn! Top tip, though..
Yes, another video again in short time. Thanks Harry for extra self-isolation entertainment.
As always a straightforward, interesting video and I would agree that the CTEK units are the best on the market.