Beware! - Little Winter Jobs

[RedCabbage]

...that grow and grow.

I had planned to take the TVR off the road for a couple of months during the winter to fix a host of little annoyances. However the already knocking diff bushes became severe after the Rutland Rumble so I thought I would do them this week.

This should have been a fairly straight forward job, unfortunately while I was under there I thought it would also be wise to:-

Grease the UJ's
Clean the speedo sensor
Degrease and paint the diff
Make and fit a diff breather extention
Strip down rear suspension
Clean up rear of chassis and apply POR15
POR15 wishbones
Clean and repack Lobro Joints
Strip and clean shocks
Derust and paint exhaust
Clean all brake pipes and unions
Clean up fuel pump contacts
Grease handbrake linkage
Reinforce top diff bracket

All with no flamin' access as all I have is axle stands.

So now I'm completely knackered and I just want my car back before the gritting lorries make it time to take it off the road again!

[V8 Animal]

Once you remove the shocks and wishbones all the other areas become easier to access.
Even on axle stands!
So stop moaning and get on with it!
BTW it's going to rain at the weekend
V8 Animal

[That Daddy]

RedCabbage said:

...that grow and grow.

I had planned to take the TVR off the road for a couple of months during the winter to fix a host of little annoyances. However the already knocking diff bushes became severe after the Rutland Rumble so I thought I would do them this week.

This should have been a fairly straight forward job, unfortunately while I was under there I thought it would also be wise to:-

Grease the UJ's
Clean the speedo sensor
Degrease and paint the diff
Make and fit a diff breather extention
Strip down rear suspension
Clean up rear of chassis and apply POR15
POR15 wishbones
Clean and repack Lobro Joints
Strip and clean shocks
Derust and paint exhaust
Clean all brake pipes and unions
Clean up fuel pump contacts
Grease handbrake linkage
Reinforce top diff bracket

All with no flamin' access as all I have is axle stands.

So now I'm completely knackered and I just want my car back before the gritting lorries make it time to take it off the road again!

Just a few small jobs then,bloody hell i would hate to see some of your bigger ones

[RedCabbage]

V8 Animal said:

So stop moaning and get on with it!

OK but next time I'm going to use one of these!

http://hamercarlift.com/COMFORT-SEAT

[spend]

Doing the diff & central chassis stuff is a lot easier with the wheels on ramps IMHO. Axle stands are like obstacles when you are wriggling around under the car I find. I would split the jobs into 2 parts, do the central bits on ramps, then the wishbones/wheels on stands.

Dave

[RedCabbage]

spend said:

Doing the diff & central chassis stuff is a lot easier with the wheels on ramps IMHO. Axle stands are like obstacles when you are wriggling around under the car I find. I would split the jobs into 2 parts, do the central bits on ramps, then the wishbones/wheels on stands.

Dave

Yes I used a combination, still no fun with the car 2" from your nose though.

[spend]

RedCabbage said:

Yes I used a combination, still no fun with the car 2" from your nose though.

All trainee Gynaecologists and Contortionists should be apprenticed to do this work for us as part of their training

Dave

[RedCabbage]

spend said:

RedCabbage said:

Yes I used a combination, still no fun with the car 2" from your nose though.

All trainee Gynaecologists and Contortionists should be apprenticed to do this work for us as part of their training

Dave

Small children even, worked well for the chimmney sweeps of old.

[nikman]

spend said:

RedCabbage said:

Yes I used a combination, still no fun with the car 2" from your nose though.

All trainee Gynaecologists and Contortionists should be apprenticed to do this work for us as part of their training

Dave

And in the case of gynaecologists, they should be made to do it through a letter-box Nick

[spend]

nikman said:

And in the case of gynaecologists, they should be made to do it through a letter-box Nick

[danmaskellvoice]Ohh I say![/danmaskellvoice-rightchapIthink?]
Thats a tad perverse, been looking at Griffs by any chance?

Dave

Oh and if the girl is on the outside of the door, please notify me of their address please :-)

[nikman]

spend said:

nikman said:

And in the case of gynaecologists, they should be made to do it through a letter-box Nick

[danmaskellvoice]Ohh I say![/danmaskellvoice-rightchapIthink?]
Thats a tad perverse, been looking at Griffs by any chance?

Dave

Oh and if the girl is on the outside of the door, please notify me of their address please :-)

[larrygraysonvoicewithdickemeryovertones] Oooh Dave, you are awful....

Griffs? yes, now you mention it. Nice young man called Ralph. I think he played cricket actually. Asked me if I was batting on his side. Can't imagine why he thought I was a cricketer too!! Nick

[spend]

nikman said:

spend said:

nikman said:

And in the case of gynaecologists, they should be made to do it through a letter-box Nick

[danmaskellvoice]Ohh I say![/danmaskellvoice-rightchapIthink?]
Thats a tad perverse, been looking at Griffs by any chance?

Dave

Oh and if the girl is on the outside of the door, please notify me of their address please :-)

[larrygraysonvoicewithdickemeryovertones] Oooh Dave, you are awful....

Griffs? yes, now you mention it. Nice young man called Ralph. I think he played cricket actually. Asked me if I was batting on his side. Can't imagine why he thought I was a cricketer too!! Nick

Typical, that lot still think GOLF is some kind of sport, little do they realize it stands for Girls On Lap Frivolity

Dave

[RedCabbage]

Final job - cracked weld in exhaust sorted, all back together and back on the road.

[MrE]

For us newer chimaera owners entering our first winters, are there any particular jobs/pieces of advice that you long-term owners would like to flag up?

[RedCabbage]

MrE said:

For us newer chimaera owners entering our first winters, are there any particular jobs/pieces of advice that you long-term owners would like to flag up?

Blimey! - where to begin? Based on my little job above I think you could keep yourself busy for 3 months just preparing for winter.

[AlRaven]

MrE said:

For us newer chimaera owners entering our first winters, are there any particular jobs/pieces of advice that you long-term owners would like to flag up?

Yes, I don't want to change the thread but for us newbies what is the collective wisdom on running them over Winter, my intention was to turn her over 2/3 times a week and get out for half an hour whenever it's dry??

[GreenV8S]

AlRaven said:

MrE said:

For us newer chimaera owners entering our first winters, are there any particular jobs/pieces of advice that you long-term owners would like to flag up?

Yes, I don't want to change the thread but for us newbies what is the collective wisdom on running them over Winter, my intention was to turn her over 2/3 times a week and get out for half an hour whenever it's dry??

Don't run it at all, unless you're going to run it for long enough to get the whole engine and exhaust system really hot. Cold starting releases acids into the engine, and unless it gets hot enough to boil this off and break it down, it will accumulate and cause corrosion problems. There's no problem leaving the car parked for a few months, just keep the battery charged, tank full (air gap can result in condensation) and for extra brownie points roll the car back and forth a few inches from time to time to make sure the tyres don't get a flat spot.

[RossMac]

RedCabbage said:

...that grow and grow.

I had planned to take the TVR off the road for a couple of months during the winter to fix a host of little annoyances. However the already knocking diff bushes became severe after the Rutland Rumble so I thought I would do them this week.

This should have been a fairly straight forward job, unfortunately while I was under there I thought it would also be wise to:-

Grease the UJ's
Clean the speedo sensor
Degrease and paint the diff
Make and fit a diff breather extention
Strip down rear suspension
Clean up rear of chassis and apply POR15
POR15 wishbones
Clean and repack Lobro Joints
Strip and clean shocks
Derust and paint exhaust
Clean all brake pipes and unions
Clean up fuel pump contacts
Grease handbrake linkage
Reinforce top diff bracket

All with no flamin' access as all I have is axle stands.

So now I'm completely knackered and I just want my car back before the gritting lorries make it time to take it off the road again!

Anyone fancy doing mine? Will pay

[RedCabbage]

RossMac said:

Anyone fancy doing mine? Will pay

I tell you what, mine's all done so how about a swap?

Edited by RedCabbage on Tuesday 4th December 11:07

[mgaut]

GreenV8S said:

Don't run it at all, unless you're going to run it for long enough to get the whole engine and exhaust system really hot. Cold starting releases acids into the engine, and unless it gets hot enough to boil this off and break it down, it will accumulate and cause corrosion problems. There's no problem leaving the car parked for a few months, just keep the battery charged, tank full (air gap can result in condensation) and for extra brownie points roll the car back and forth a few inches from time to time to make sure the tyres don't get a flat spot.

Peter

as someone whose car often doesn't turn a wheel for weeks at a time, is there anything else you'd care to suggest ? I draw the line at putting it on axle stands for the winter.

cheers

Mike
(NB I have a 'big red switch' on the battery so no need to keep that topped up)