Working On Your Car In The Rain?

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unfortunately i don't have a garage, but have a drive, as over the winder i'm going to be doing some pretty major work on the car.. Soo how do you lot cope? I'm thinking of buying a gazebo :D to cover me up and a few warm lamps, Is there anything better though? What would you recommend?

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Unless it is simple work, I point blank refuse to do any car work in the rain anymore. When I had my old mini I was doing some major engine work on it in the rain. I had a gazebo but I still got drenched and achy hands / arms etc. From now on, major work gets done in dry weather or in someone's garage!!

If I can't use the car while the weather is being pants then I borrow someone elses (mums, gf etc)
 
ci_newman said:
Unless it is simple work, I point blank refuse to do any car work in the rain anymore. When I had my old mini I was doing some major engine work on it in the rain. I had a gazebo but I still got drenched and achy hands / arms etc. From now on, major work gets done in dry weather or in someone's garage!!

If I can't use the car while the weather is being pants then I borrow someone elses (mums, gf etc)
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Same for myself :)

Although if it has to be done and i'm at my parent's house, I can tuck the front end of my car into the garage, which helps a lot.

a Gazebo is a good bet, or even hiring a lock-up garage for a few weeks?
 
It's fugging ridiculous and dire.

I'm not allowed to work on a car uncovered, in rain anymore as it's just a joke where we live - the place turns into a cesspit of mud, slush and water and it's horrible. Really not good conditions.

It's indoors, in fine weather or not at all these days! :D

Put up one of those cheap gazebos as well, all it did was fold up and collapse on the car. Kept walking into it too, snagging on stuff, you know the drill.

And then it snowed (I kid you not).

Never been more depressed working on a car :D
 
You'd be better off buying a tarpaulin and putting it over yourself and the car and then tucking it into the doors to secure it.

Unless the carport thing is very long the rain will just blow sideways onto you anyway.
 
Echoing the above os working in the rain.. just No

what about asking around friends, relatives, see if you can borrow a garage for the duration? Arroach the local council about renting a lockup or garage on a short term?
 
FakeSnake said:
Approach the local council about renting a lockup or garage on a short term?
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Only problem with that would be getting lights/power - especially with the dark nights.

I have fond memories of changing suspension bushes in the snow just so I could use the car for work the next day, though it was 17 years ago :D
Ive recently done a load of work on the E30 out of doors in the wind/'sun'/rain(the garage is full of car bits) but when I had the SD1 I bought a 'party' gazebo with the sides and didnt have any issues....apart from it wanting to take off when it was windy :eek: :eek:
 
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IainB said:
Only problem with that would be getting lights/power - especially with the dark nights.
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Naah, small petrol generator would be ample, unless something like a welder is being used. these can be hired for not a lot of money, or purchased quite cheaply.
 
I have to work on the Olds out in the open - there isn't a garage anywhere near either my parents' house or my current place in Coventry that's big enough to swallow her and still leave room around her to work. Any time I try and put some kind of cover up it just ends up keeling over anyway, so I've given up trying to protect myself and just get on with the job!

Besides, it makes the feeling of finishing the job and trudging back inside the house much better :D
 
Ive worked on cars in the rain quite a few times, would try to avoid it now though. Done my rear brakes during a heavy snow blizzard.
Only when its essential would I do it, not for a project, its just too painful.
 
oh i'm used to working in the rain.. recently changed the hubs and shocks in the horrid weather, trying to get those shocks aligned to the hub was horrible... But I really will need some dry for some of the work, how do I go about getting a garage? The doesn't seem to be any in the papers or anything?
 
AmDaMan said:
...how do I go about getting a garage? The doesn't seem to be any in the papers or anything?
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Generally its quite hard to find one, they are usually in high demand. A friend of mine has just managed to get one for £3.50 a week in a locked yard, lucky git.
 
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