Sleeping Thumpers and Slantfronts

[panthera]

Whether in Pank! or White, all our vintage projects are either in use (1953 Rainbow Westinghouse stove, now with all the colors back!) or 1953 Iron-Rite or General Mills Tru-Heat (looks like a submarine), 1947 Shelvador, Model 8 Mixmaster... or are stored in the garage pending my partner's decision to sell or stay in this house.
So my question: Is there anything special I should do to protect the mechanisms when re-awakening these ancient machines? I know from painful experience that the 'dogs' in the timer motors of the Roller-matics and mid-60's Maytags sheer off when too cold, but are there other components which should get special attention when we bring our old friends out of their suspended animation? Forgive, please, should I mention something not quite Imperial:
1958/59 Tragi-matic (and she's PANK!)
195x (we think 51) Westy SlantFront Dryer
1966 KA Toploader
196x (I think 65, he thinks 64) MobilMaid

Everybody was drained and either stored with belt off (not the Miss "my two belts have to be adjusted exactly or you'll be sorry, obviously") and with no water.

Thanks!

 

[turquoisedude]

Most appliances can tolerate cold reasonably well - I stored countless washers, ranges, and refrigerators in unheated garages that went all the way down to the minus 20s. I never drained the pumps, though - I added plumbing anti-freeze (which just happens to be Pank!) to the washers and dishwashers. Humidity is the problem I have run across - an uninsulated building like a garage can get quite damp when the weather swings suddenly from warm to cold. That comes back as surface rust on cabinets and housings...
I made very sure that the appliances were allowed to stand in warm, dry surroundings for at least a day before using them again.
My beef with storage has always been critters... Mice have messed up more wiring and insulation than I care to recall! It can be almost impossible to control that in some settings, alas!
Hope this helps!

 

[panthera]

It sure does and thanks

I didn't think of mice.
Probably the biggest threat of all.

We restored a '51 Monarch electric stove (110v/220v burners, ewww) which had been chewed up by mice.

Rewiring is so not my thing.

How's the work on the GE going?

 

[turquoisedude]

Well, I am getting more confident working on dryers now that I was actually able to get the Canadian Westy dryer running again! I am going to look at a GE dryer that has some remarkable similarities to the combo - IF the thermostat might be a close match, I may just have to pick it up!!
I keep telling hubby we need at least one cat to patrol the collection areas, but he keeps saying no!!

 

[mynameismiele]

My ecoline is in an unheated garage, Sometimes the drain hose freezes, i just take it out and blast it out with hot water.