Question on what to do over the winter?

I stopped using the trickle chargers after reading on here about the bad things that have happened with them. I do like Tom W. now works fine.

Model A is usually in the un-heated garage, and I don't like running the car unless you get it good and hot so I use an off set wrench on the crankshaft nut, and every three weeks or so just turn the motor over so that 'things' are not sitting in the same place to long.

Also. fog the cylinders, take out the battery and put in the heated garage on a work bench, full gas tank w/ SeaFoam and Startron, cover car with old blankets, and a 24 lb. Maine Coon tomcat that lives out there and kills every living thing that comes close to the garage! Never a mouse at all;)
 
I put some stabil in the gas,drive them for a while,then park them in the cellar or in the sheds.I start them up in the spring and drive off.I do trap the livestock out of the sheds,but that's a lifetime job no matter what.
 
Our temp can get down to -40 (F or C, its all the same), so I check the anti-freeze, top up the oil and fill the gas tank to the top. No jack-stands and never had flats on tyres.

The garage heater is only turned on when I am working in there so when I start it next spring, I will change the oil before driving as freeze/thaw cycles can cause condensation.

Never needed to charge the battery before starting any of our collector cars. Daily drivers with a high current drain while parked are a different matter and must be used at least weekly or the battery hooked to a charger.

A fairly new 3/4 ton pickup kept on standby at the farm all winter to haul sick cattle to the vets and other emergencies, had to have a battery cut-off installed to ensure the battery was up to starting. The resultant engine check tells that the battery has been disconnected. Who knew????
 
MY A motor is out for rebuild so I'll focus on the T which will get AC brkes and maybe a motor swap if I have time.
 
Since we got 'Bertha' in 1976...

Battery neg cable taken off after every use, (electric wind clock still working).
Battery tender used, external V-meter resting on the hood, plugged in at 6.2v off at 6.7.
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MMO at every fill, StaBil Marine in a full tank of E-free when stored.
No jack stands.
Rubber backed 4'x8' carpet underneath.
No regular starting procedure, but start & drive as often as weather permits.
Fan to circulate the air in an un-heated garage.

Considering one of these, anyone using one?

Bob
 
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