Storing Parts For The Future [Archive] - Toyota MR2 Message Board

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I was thinking of buying an alternator, a starter motor, a water pump, an oil pump, an OEM clutch, a power steering relay and a few other things that commonly wear. Maybe buy them all at once, none of those parts are failing on my car at the moment and no one can really tell me if they are. Just wondering how long someone can store parts before they start deteriorating (if they even do). The last thing I want is to mount a new alternator on my car and then a day later it fails because an