From the article: Classic Car Care Tip - Removing Bird Droppings
One of the many reasons we attend classic car shows and events is the valuable information you can find there. Whether it's cleaning tips, outstanding product lines, easy fixes to mechanical problems or learning about the history of a particular marque, classic car owners love to share their stories.
That got us thinking that our readers probably have helpful automotive maintenance tips they might want to share and we would pass them on. Of those of you who respond, we will post the top ten tips, giving you credit of course, on our website.
So what is your favorite classic car maintenance tip? Share Your Tip
classic car maintenance tip
- pour 1 cap of mystery oil in gas and 2 caps in oil. Run or drive for 10-20 minutes. Will keep everything lubbed.
- —Guest james kless
ASE master tech.
- Change your oil at the recommended intervals, and change your coolant too. Because it does cost $ when you let your maintenance go!!! Just think how much it will cost to repair gaskets, clean carbon build-up from the engine valley. (I saw one vehicle which had a large coffee can FULL of carbon I had to clean out) And OLD coolant erodes the aluminum and cast iron, and eats at gaskets if not taken care of!!
- —Guest Kennerh
Bird Dropings Removal Tip
- Hi I just stumbled across new Bird dropping wipes, there handy little sachets, you can keep in the glove box. A box of 10 is around €7.99 from Autoglym
- —Guest mags
My 2 favorite maintenance tools
- For me there are 2 tools that I always reach for first when doing work on my classic cars, and neither are kept in my tool box! The 1st is a small and slightly dented digital camera (from dropping it a few times). Before I touch anything, I snap several shots of the parts to be removed or worked on. The more intricate or complex the part or assembly, the more shots I'll take. The 2nd is an old laptop, where I store and organize my photos and notes with a software tool called Collector Car Companion. These 2 tools help me stay organized and provides great documentation of the work I've performed on my vehicles.
- —Guest Joseph
