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2026. 6. 30. 작업

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What happens to a car when it hasn't been driven for 12 years?

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As has already been noted, anything rubber will have perished and will need replacing, as will all the fluids and any other normal perishable items (brakes, battery, filters etc). The brakes will have siezed on, and depending how dry the garage was, the interior may have mould and the bodyshell may have gone rusty... The biggest risk, however, is that the engine may have siezed, depending on how it was treated before it was parked up. My approach would be as follows (in no particular order): Brakes Un-sieze the rear brakes. a 3lb club hammer is useful here. Assuming it has drums on the back, free off the handbrake linkages and grease them. Replace the cylinders and pads and check the condition of the drums. Remove the front calipers, check the condition of the disks and replace if necessary. Either replace or re-seal the calipers depending on the condition of the bores. Fit new pads. Replace or re-seal the master cylinder (again depending on the bore condition). Check the servo (this i