Winter care?

[pepsi_x]

Guys,

Bearing in mind my Chim spends about 99% of the time outside at the moment, is there anything I should do (or preferably have done, as I like to keep mechanics etc in a job) now that winter is upon us, other than the usual of ensuring there's sufficient coolent/antifreeze in it?

The car was last serviced in August.

Oh, and one more thing, this WaxOyl thing, is it a TVR only thing, or can I get any garage to do it (as I'm very unlikely to do it myself)?

Cheers

[ajg]

You should be able to get Waxoyl from any good motor factor (even Halfords!)
It is sprayed all over the chassis.
I did mine last week (luckily I have access to a pit for this sort of thing), it took me about 1.5 hours.
The front wishbones are also prone to rusting and should be treated with a tough rust resisting paint such as hamerite after first removing any flaky paint and rust, this took me a while to do just one side (about 3hours).
This may give you some idea of how much a garage may charge you. Normal rate per hour X 3 (The TVR factor!)

The battery takes a battering in the winter, and it's a lot of engine to turn over, so probaby worth checking that.

Andy G

[simpo one]

Last Autumn I took the Griff down to my local tyre and exhaust place, luckily only a 10 minute walk away. They're not TVR specialists, sure, but they can bung a car on a ramp, clean the underside and spray waxoyl on as well as anyone else. About £40.

[yum]

had my chimaera waxolyed at a local garage, £34.

Quote from local dealer, >£100.

Not hard, is it?

R

[Hut49]

yum said: had my chimaera waxolyed at a local garage, £34.

Quote from local dealer, >£100.

Not hard, is it?

R

So what you're telling us is that neither of them were going to do the job properly!