Good god Gertie or Gatsby, that's not dormant, that's just giving the old gal a rest.
Dormant would be over a long six month winter.
After rebuilding most all of my running gear and driving my 1950, 3604 for several years
I parked it in the fall of 2009 with a third of a tank of fresh fuel in her. I tore the whole
front end off for painting and sent the short block out for machining. I didn't get
everything back together till a few weeks ago (Sep, 2011) and added some fresh fuel to
the tank and have been up and running now for a few weeks and about 600 miles.
Been thru several tanks of fuel, one oil change (break-in) nothing else rebuilt (referring to
the carbinator and driveline seals. I did change to a new dual stage fuel pump and I also
added an inline fuel filter right after the fuel shutoff at the tank.
So turn off the key, and have a nice vacation and like your cat, your pride and joy well be
just fine left all along for a few weeks. And unlike your cat, you won't have to put out 7
cat litter boxes, 10 pounds of dry food and 5 gallons of water.
DG
Last edited by Denny Graham; 10/28/2011 1:12 PM.
