# TIPS for parking a LONG TIME #

[Hakon]

Hello everyone!
I would like advice to be able to keep my Mustang Mach1, stopped in my garage for 2 months.
Can you disconnect the negative cable and that's it? without risk of deconfiguration?
anything else?

thank you

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[Ctodd1]

Do a trickle charge.

 

[Hakon]

Do a trickle charge.

Ok, I think it would be the smartest thing to do, a slow charge or battery maintainer

 

[Skye]

I would buy and connect a purpose-built battery tender or maintainer; it will exercise and condition the battery. CTEK is very popular. Ford Performance sells one, which looks like and is probably made by CTEK.

https://accessories.ford.com/products/ford-performance-5-0-smart-battery-charger-maintainer

- Detail and clean the car
- Battery tender/conditioner
- Full tank of fuel, with Stabil, just in-case
- Over-inflate tires to 40 psi / 2.75 bar
- If a manual, leave in neutral, with the wheels chocked
- If near an oil change, change the oil
- If stored inside, cover the car
- If mice/rats, set traps, mothballs, heavy scents, etc.

Edit: - Do not set the parking brake

I stored mine in the same manner. Four and a half months later, it started as if I had driven it the day before.

 

[Hakon]

I would buy and connect a purpose-built battery tender or maintainer; it will exercise and condition the battery. CTEK is very popular. Ford Performance sells one, which looks like and is probably made by CTEK.

https://accessories.ford.com/products/ford-performance-5-0-smart-battery-charger-maintainer

- Detail and clean the car
- Battery tender/conditioner
- Full tank of fuel, with Stabil, just in-case
- Over-inflate tires to 40 psi / 2.75 bar
- If a manual, leave in neutral, with the wheels chocked
- If near an oil change, change the oil
- If stored inside, cover the car
- If mice/rats, set traps, mothballs, heavy scents, etc.

I stored mine in the same manner. Four and a half months later, it started as if I had driven it the day before.

Thank you so much! great help and good advice. I'll do it like this then

 

[Skye]

Made one change to the original post...

Edit: - Do not set the parking brake.

 

[Hakon]

Made one change to the original post...

Edit: - Do not set the parking brake.

I understand, ok thanks!

 

[EFI]

All those suggestions mentioned previously are great, although I personally feel they are a *bit* much for that short of a storage especially if it's in an enclosed conditioned space.

For a barn or semi-enclosed non-conditioned space and/or 6+ months of storage those are a must. For 2 months in a heated and sealed garage...probably overkill.

 

[cheeser]

I have been storing my cars over the winter for the last 10 yea…..they usually sit 3ish months:

- Wash
- Change oil/filter if near the end (If not tracked, 5k intervals with Amsoil or Penzoil Ultimate Synthetic)
- Drive for approx 30 - 40 miles to get everything hot
- Over inflate tires to approx 40 psi
- Fill gas tank with ethanol free gas and correct amout of Stabil

Zero issues on my side

 

[murick]

Hello everyone!
I would like advice to be able to keep my Mustang Mach1, stopped in my garage for 2 months.
Can you disconnect the negative cable and that's it? without risk of deconfiguration?
anything else?

thank you

I believe you do not need to do anything. Of course you can do all things other suggests, but for two months, you can just leave it. After one month, or so, the car will put itself into hibernation and from there it will survive another month easily.

 

[4V Mayhem]

My GT sat for 6 months. Replaced the battery, started it up, let it idle for about 2 minutes, drove off. If it's only 2 months then I wouldn't even waste time doing anything to it at all. It'll be fine.

 

[swoop1156]

Reading this I think I have my parking brake set, though I can't recall entirely... Now I'm gonna have to set my drink down and check, dang it!

 

[Hakon]

I never leave the handbrake on, it's not good even if it's more than 2 days in a row, it puts pressure on the pads on the disc and can mark and get stuck if it's on for many days or months. And the gear, if it is a manual transmission, it is not good to put first gear or reverse either, you are stressing the lever and the gears.

 

[swoop1156]

Reading this I think I have my parking brake set, though I can't recall entirely... Now I'm gonna have to set my drink down and check, dang it!

Nope! Parking brake off and in neutral. Also, AGM was the Raptor, not Mach. Wrong thread, but just in case

 

[RagmopInKona]

Bounce, Downey drier sheets . Varments hate them and car smells April fresh .

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