Moving the TVR regularly

[Barreti]

Morning all.

I've got some time off work so I can finally get to do some chassis work on the Land Rover which shares the garage with the Griffith.
Its going to be dirty work and probably involve cutting/grinding so I want to move the Griffith to Mrs B's garage each day.
The obvious thing would be to put the Griff in her garage and her car in with the Landy each night but its a tight squeeze and she wasn't impressed when I had to park her car in there last night, and even less impressed when she had to wait around for me this morning before going off shopping.

Anyway, do I just fire up the Griff each day and move it, or move it and leave it for a bit to warm up, or leave it to warm up every once in a while ?
Both are SORNd so I can't run the Griff round the block as I would have preferred.

The Griff does have an accumate which will move with it each day so the battery will be OK.

Thanks chaps.
IanB

[tonys]

That all sounds like bit of a pain - I guess Mrs B wouldn't be happy to leave her car outside each night either??
If I was moving mine, I'd certainly let it warm up a bit before switching off, rather than starting and switching off after just a few seconds. Not knowing your layout, I take it pushing it out is not an option; I sometimes move mine in the garage by just revolving the wheel spokes, easy to move it forwards/back with no problem on the level. If necessary, I just use wheel chocks to ensure it doesn't go further than I want. I guess it depends on how much space you've got and clearances etc - not worth risking clouting something.

[tejr]

Another vote for pushing. If it was a one-off or two, I'd say just start her up and move her, but if its a regular thing I'd go for the push method if you can, though I can see this being a pain. I wouldn't want to start it and then leave it idling in cold oil tbh.

[LordGrover]

Are you able to do the work in Mrs B's garage?
If so park the Griff at the back of your garage with the missus' car and the Landy in her garage.

[Barreti]

Well I got away with evicting her this weekend chaps and the Griff is still in Mrs Bs garage.

Work on the Landy is progressing well, chassis work on it is a lot easier than on the Griff I can tell you.
I'll get cracking on it this week while she is away on business and see how far I can get before I'm given my marching orders for the Griff.

I also move the Griff about in the garage by dragging the wheel spokes and push it in and out of the garage if I need to clean it.
A word or warning for other 'pushers' though, I used to push it up onto planks to get a bit of height for the jack etc. and thought I was being clever by putting blocks on the end of the planks to stop the car rolling off.

It still pains me to remember the day I pushed it over the end stops and sent the Griff crashing into a steel cabinet breaking the NS rear light and wing mirror. Fecking idiot.

[FreeLitres]

I just wanted to say please be carefull when sticking your fingers through the wheel spokes to move the car.

I know of a racing driver that lost several fingers by getting them sliced between the spoke and the calliper.

[Simon says]

FreeLitres said:

I just wanted to say please be carefull when sticking your fingers through the wheel spokes to move the car.

I know of a racing driver that lost several fingers by getting them sliced between the spoke and the calliper.

Good advice there Ian it sounds like common sense but I have had a brake caliper have a nibble before(not on the TVR)use the top of the tyre instead you can get just as much purchase too,one hand on the wing and one on the wheel I use this method often at work

Edited by Simon says on Monday 14th February 22:06