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(This post was last modified: 03-16-2024, 04:09 PM by unclefalter.)
Hello!
My 88 TC has sat in a dry garage for 2 years now. Part of it was my father's illness and passing away last year, which demoralized me severely and caused my interest in cars to temporarily evaporate. Part of it was due to it needing tires - unfortunately our two 4 year old daily drivers *also* needed tires, both summer and winter, and the need to stagger those costs meant the Tbird sadly had to take a back seat. I am hoping this year, finally, to get new tires on it, fix some odds and ends and just enjoy it for a season.
Before being parked the gas tank had mostly full with new premium unleaded gas. Gas and storage is something I admit I seldom think about. When I was using the car annually I'd just park it in the garage for the winter, and then start up, add fresh gas and carry on. Winter in BC is usually mild - the car typically would be parked for 6 months. However this time, owing to the above, it has sat for 2 years. I believe I last started the car about 1 year ago to move something out of the garage, and it ran fine. I just forgot about the old gas. I've looked online for advice - most say to drain the tank, but a fair number say to just add fresh gas and carry on. The reason I'm hesitant is I've not siphoned gas recently and am not keen on doing it in a tight enclosed space. Our driveway is on an incline and the car's parking brake doesn't work so pushing it out and parking in driveway first isn't an option really. Looking for thoughts there.
After that, I am trying to find a complete emergency brake pedal assembly, as I'm tired of not being able to park on hills. I had this looked at a long time ago; apparently the physical plate or something broke, so the parking brake has nothing to lock onto? Anyway, the tech that looked at it said the whole assembly needed to go. But I've never seen one for sale online or anywhere. Does anyone know where I could source one?
I'm not sure what I plan to do with my TC long term - it'll be 20 years since I got it next year. I still have my eye our for a twilight blue one with blue leather interior like my Dad's original, but it's been almost 20 years since I've seen any TCs come up for sale in our area. In that time I've not even seen another one on the road around here.
Many thanks!
My 88 TC has sat in a dry garage for 2 years now. Part of it was my father's illness and passing away last year, which demoralized me severely and caused my interest in cars to temporarily evaporate. Part of it was due to it needing tires - unfortunately our two 4 year old daily drivers *also* needed tires, both summer and winter, and the need to stagger those costs meant the Tbird sadly had to take a back seat. I am hoping this year, finally, to get new tires on it, fix some odds and ends and just enjoy it for a season.
Before being parked the gas tank had mostly full with new premium unleaded gas. Gas and storage is something I admit I seldom think about. When I was using the car annually I'd just park it in the garage for the winter, and then start up, add fresh gas and carry on. Winter in BC is usually mild - the car typically would be parked for 6 months. However this time, owing to the above, it has sat for 2 years. I believe I last started the car about 1 year ago to move something out of the garage, and it ran fine. I just forgot about the old gas. I've looked online for advice - most say to drain the tank, but a fair number say to just add fresh gas and carry on. The reason I'm hesitant is I've not siphoned gas recently and am not keen on doing it in a tight enclosed space. Our driveway is on an incline and the car's parking brake doesn't work so pushing it out and parking in driveway first isn't an option really. Looking for thoughts there.
After that, I am trying to find a complete emergency brake pedal assembly, as I'm tired of not being able to park on hills. I had this looked at a long time ago; apparently the physical plate or something broke, so the parking brake has nothing to lock onto? Anyway, the tech that looked at it said the whole assembly needed to go. But I've never seen one for sale online or anywhere. Does anyone know where I could source one?
I'm not sure what I plan to do with my TC long term - it'll be 20 years since I got it next year. I still have my eye our for a twilight blue one with blue leather interior like my Dad's original, but it's been almost 20 years since I've seen any TCs come up for sale in our area. In that time I've not even seen another one on the road around here.
Many thanks!
88 TC 5spd - Black/Raven