Today I have been mostly....

[rbhynes]

Washed the car and decided to attempt the hood drain cleaning. Boy removing the wheels is a PITA, my trolley jack won't fit under the rubber jacking points. Managed by means of the central jack point an used the rubber points for the axle stands. Bit of crap in the drain, but most of it was right in the end plug. Water pours clean through on testing. Also did an alloy clean seeing as I had the wheels off.

What you guys been up to?

 

[Adamski]

Good work


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[imp75]

i really should do mine, i keep putting it off as its not a glamorous job but i would kick myself if the motor went chips due to neglect!

 

[rbhynes]

i really should do mine, i keep putting it off as its not a glamorous job but i would kick myself if the motor went chips due to neglect!

My thoughts exactly, it will take bugger all time to do it again now, but took an hour as its my first time even taking the wheels off - 30 mins of that was finding suitable jack/axle stand points. If you know how to get the wheels off then its 10 minutes extra.

 

[BMWZ4MC]

I have to use a scissor jack to lift mine enough to get a trolley jack underneath :headbang:

 

[Half Colin]

Can't help with the drain but if you drive the wheel onto a couple of pieces of wood first you'll have no problem with your trolley Jack.

 

[rbhynes]

I have to use a scissor jack to lift mine enough to get a trolley jack underneath :headbang:

What point do you put the scissor jack? The M might be different, but I was really struggling to find a hard point that would take the weight. I ended up just driving the front wheels on to a few pieces of wood.

 

[rbhynes]

Can't help with the drain but if you drive the wheel onto a couple of pieces of wood first you'll have no problem with your trolley Jack.

haha, exactly!

 

[BMWZ4MC]

Much easier solution....if you have suitable pieces of wood. Maybe I should lie the scissor jack on its side and use it as a substitute for the wood!

 

[markeg]

Also did the drains and alloys today, checked the rear springs, brake linings etc while the wheels were off, plus removed the number plate mount and started the repairs on the splits etc. May get around to buying a new one, depends how the isopon and respray works out.

...and washed & coated the wheel arches, etc so all nice and shiny in there! Hoping the mount goes well so I can get back on the road tomorrow! :driving:

 

[rbhynes]

...and washed & coated the wheel arches, etc so all nice and shiny in there! Hoping the mount goes well so I can get back on the road tomorrow! :driving:

What did you coat the wheel arches with?

 

[sars]

I mowed the lawn and cleaned the zeds interior

 

[rbhynes]

I mowed the lawn and cleaned the zeds interior

And stopped short of washing the exterior?

 

[Bing]

... Trailer-ing my brother's dead Fiat Coupe from the She Devil's house to her new pad - now watching the rugby but because of above it's on Sky+ :headbang: ... So don't tell me the score :silence:

 

[jonnyfive]

I clayed , polished and waxed my baby well half of it as the light went guess what my first job in the morning will be ?

 

[gazzamill]

I also use the 2 planks of wood method for jacking up. Where exactly did you place the jack "centrally" to allow you to put axle stands under both jack points, i've been trying to figure this out for a while...

EDIT: typo

 

[georgie_no23]

I would love to have been working on a car today....instead I was stuck behind a desk at work :thumbsdown:

 

[sars]

I mowed the lawn and cleaned the zeds interior

And stopped short of washing the exterior?

Washed the car yesterday......isa good girl

 

[markeg]

...and washed & coated the wheel arches, etc so all nice and shiny in there! Hoping the mount goes well so I can get back on the road tomorrow! :driving:

What did you coat the wheel arches with?

After a good degrease and scrub, cleaned underneath the plastic covers (as they were removed for the drains) and dried, then applied some WD40 in there, replaced the plastic covers, dried them off and applied some Meguiars Tyre Endurance gel, and gently rubbed in to ensure there wasn't any excess. Cleaned and put some WD40 (applied via a cloth) on the rear springs & shock covers. I find that the WD40 helps with water & dirt repelling so makes the cleaning easier next time.

 

[Anonymous]