Moonshine, Halfords
Lud, Cheers
Mr Snail, They like it ;) i get praised for caring (Done to previous Doblo) at council MOT (I get discount)
Woodbines, Punto Mulijet van , bought for its lack of luxury... used as a car
Edited by oilrag on 05/08/2008 at 18:14
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Moonshine, watch out for using bentone based grease on top of lithium based. there`s a reaction and it can all just turn into oil.
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They did build the mark 1 / 2 punto bodyshells quite well too -- I can't recall seeing a rusty one, and our old '95 model is still going strong with lots of scrapes and knocks, but no rust.
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Top man OR, and glad you're sticking to your (grease) guns..;)
It gets no easier scabbling around under the blessed motors either.
I like the grease too, but unless you can stick one of those old crustacean eyes into some cavities and do a quick swivel, will it all be lovely on the outside whilst the tin weevil buries itself from the inside out?
I suppose the ideal is to use waxoyle inside where direct abrasion is not a problem, and the heavier....grease if you insist...on places that are washed by rain splashes and spray.
Always been a bit wary of grease affecting the likes of brake flexis, rubber joints etc.
The proper product is supposed to be harmless to all those sorts.
Timely reminder to me by the way, as in the last few months we've sort of made up our mind to keep the pick up indefinitely, so i'm now deciding whether to invest in a compressor and oil spray gun to do my own....wax-(h)oyling, or whether to invest in a professional rustproofing job.
Last year, i got my indispensable MB indy to give the underside a blast over with the heavier under seal that the makers of the precious waxy stuff make, the size of the chassis and the sheer amount of surfaces of the truck make a hand pumped waxoyling a daunting task..
Last year we were undecided as to whether we might renew the truck when it reached its 3rd or 4th birthday, so didn't really want to fork out some 4 to 5 hundred for a pro job for someone else's benefit, mind you i have been servicing the thing with long term ownership in mind.
Either way i'd better get a move on, or global warming will see the frosts returning shortly, and the dreaded salt.
By the way has anyone researched professional rustproofing, there's only a handful of places that offer this service, obviously mainly to classic car owners and motor-homes etc, and a couple of em seem to have a bit of 'rivalry' with their methods and products.;)
Does no one care for their cars any more...silly question its just a disposable tool now.
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GB, We always seem to have a minority interest thread when rustproofing comes up ;)
Its just the subframes really, on the Punto`s, so not that bothered about cavity injection.
That chassis sounds great! Is the whole plot built onto a ladder chassis running full length?
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regarding the pro cavity wax services
the thing that puts me off is that they steam clean the car them straight on the with treatment, okay it claims to be water dispersant , but id sooner tackle it mid summer when theres been a dry spell for a week so its all bone dry under there
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That chassis sounds great! Is the whole plot built onto a ladder chassis running full length?
Fraid so, huge great lump of a thing, complete with cart springs at the back, (but has limited slip diff, and needs it) but disappointingly gone all high tech at the front with independent suspension (and select 4WD on the move up to 50mph), and drive shafts with CV joints....confound it all, no swivels to pack to the gunnel's with moly grease, no manual free wheeling hubs to have to lock before you can put drive to the front...nampy pamby thing..;)
You'd like the greasable propshafts....
It seems there are still a few of us who like keeping our old and not so old vehicles in some sort of condition.
What makes the ones of us who do try to protect and nurture our cars tick?
I don't think its a simple answer, do the other eccentrics have a affinity and affection for their vehicles, is it pride, do they feel sympathy for them, do the same ones cringe when they hear that hooligan down the road revving the heart out of their vehicle from stone cold?
Steveo,
I think the steam cleaning of the vehicle before rustproofing is a discretionary thing; judging by how the vast majority of owners can't even clean the crud out of the wheelarches from one year to the next, its probably needed in most cases.
One of the 2 places i had short listed was quite happy to treat a well cared for and clean vehicle without steam cleaning, and i hadn't contacted the other to ask yet.
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Mr Snail They like it ;) i get praised for caring .......
Well, I'm not putting grease all over my car's decaying sump, because I empathise with the technician who will (no doubt) eventually have to replace it with a new one.
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Moonshine Halfords
Thanks, I'll pick some up next time I'm in there (not very often) or see if my local factors has some
Mr Snail They like it ;) i get praised for caring (Done to previous Doblo) at council MOT (I get discount)
The MOT place I go to always comment on how well looked after the Supra is. Mind you they are real enthusiasts and own classics themselves so they apreciate people who waste their weekends oiling the undersides of a car :)
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