I just got orders to Kunsan AFB ROK , my departure date is 31 Oct 2004, I will be putting my car in base storage. I need to put a checklist togeather of stuff I need to do to it, any ideas, by the way I have an optima battery, will that be still good after sitting for a year? also there has been a recent slew of break-ins in the bace storage area, other than insurance, anybody have suggestons on keeping my car safe? thanks in advance

 

Unhooking battery cable will help the battery keep charge. So will storing it someplace cold. Use a fuel saver in the gas tank. Change at least the oil but it wouldnt hurt to change all fluids before you leave and when you get back. Put the car on stands so you dont flat spot the tires. I dont think youll need anything to keep rats or moisture away there in NV but those can also be a concern.
As far as protection from a break in, i would remove the things that are usually or easily stolen, rims, stereo, etc. Removing the battery would make it much harder to steal the car as the theif would need a tow truck or his own battery.

 

Change the oil (used oil has acids that attack bearings); fill it with gas, add a can of fuel stabilizer; store it on jack stands with the tires off the ground, and put on a set of wheel locks so the wheels don't roll away by themselves; disconnect the negative battery cable.

 

i also put the car on jack stands/blocks...so that the tires don't get flat spots form sitting

 

Not all tires will flat spot. It is a good idea but put the stands so that the suspension is loaded. My car has sat for over 1.5 years a time and the flat spots always went away after a few miles of driving. Not all tires will though but the two sets I stored my car on over the years didn't not. Newer tires re-bound very well nowadays.

EDIT: Like RB said, fill your tank up and put some stabilizer in it. Also, put a few sheets of bounce fabric softener in your car to keep rodetns out. It sounds goofy but it works and it has been shown from various lab testing that rodetns detest the smell of bounce. I had rodent problmes one year, added bounce and all is fine numerous years later.

 

I second the notion of doing what you can to keep rodents out. I had a mouse die in my blower motor box

 

Vader had a very thorough checklist posted, probably numerous times.