Spanners put away for winter.... I hope !!
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As a home spanner man, who daily's a 22 year old Grand Cherokee and owns a 27 year old merc for summer use plus 2 motorbikes, I do all my maintenance/repairs through the warmer months.
Then come winter, I cross my fingers nothing breaks as working out there on the driveway in the winter would suck !
I'm getting too old for that
Even my small garage is bloody freezin'
Anyone else ?
Then come winter, I cross my fingers nothing breaks as working out there on the driveway in the winter would suck !
I'm getting too old for that
Even my small garage is bloody freezin'
Anyone else ?
My plan too, get them ready for winter during the summer/autumn.
Course family Golf scuppered that, water leaked into the boot area (thanks to a poster here for pointing me to what was likely suspect, it was) so had to tinker about today in the tailgate fitting a new drain pipe and fully dry out the *boot floor matting* in front of the kicthen radiator, not a difficult job by any means but unless you run Toyotas there's always something needs fixing..;)
Course family Golf scuppered that, water leaked into the boot area (thanks to a poster here for pointing me to what was likely suspect, it was) so had to tinker about today in the tailgate fitting a new drain pipe and fully dry out the *boot floor matting* in front of the kicthen radiator, not a difficult job by any means but unless you run Toyotas there's always something needs fixing..;)
- Incredible how much water that thin boot matting can hold, took the best part of the day to dry out fully.
I had to do rear brakes on my daughters car yesterday morning. .
Moved my car out of garage and she backed her car in. Shut door and ran my ancient gas blower . I think its 25 years old .
Took the chill off and I got it done slowly over a couple of hours with a warm up break back in the house .
Car said -3 when I moved it to let her car in .
I often plan bigger jobs for the warmer months and only really do necessary stuff now , but as you know that plan does not always work .
Moved my car out of garage and she backed her car in. Shut door and ran my ancient gas blower . I think its 25 years old .
Took the chill off and I got it done slowly over a couple of hours with a warm up break back in the house .
Car said -3 when I moved it to let her car in .
I often plan bigger jobs for the warmer months and only really do necessary stuff now , but as you know that plan does not always work .
Even Toyotas need fixing if you look hard enough.
I had to replace the rear brakes (discs, pads and calipers) on my Lexus during November, whilst I had COVID. At one point I fell asleep lying down in the drive, that was a bit bad but I needed the car asap and no bugger would take it on.
We're planning to move in the next few years and a proper garage workshop (or room to build one) is in the list of requirements. Mrs D agrees!
I had to replace the rear brakes (discs, pads and calipers) on my Lexus during November, whilst I had COVID. At one point I fell asleep lying down in the drive, that was a bit bad but I needed the car asap and no bugger would take it on.
We're planning to move in the next few years and a proper garage workshop (or room to build one) is in the list of requirements. Mrs D agrees!
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