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For those of you with your cars in the garage, what arrangement do have that gives you enough room to work on your car? Perhaps your garage is huge and this doesn't matter?
(IE: would you consider to have your car parked more to one side to give you more room?)
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I have a Jaguar XJS - RARRGHH! She is called Lily, and she is my best friend! goo.gl/bT3ASP <-- video of her
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i have to park more to one side, and as it has no front wheels ive left enough room to do what i need down that side. if I'm working on a fully movable car i park one side tight to the wall then turn the car around and park the other side tight to the wall if i need to get to the other side.
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GT4ME
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Those dollies are awesome. I'm in the same boat as most, car only just fits in the garage with enough space to get out either side. Can park more to one side if I want to do work still in the garage but generally I just move the car out of the garage and work on it out front.
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Those dollies are pretty cool but ... maximum weight might be an issue. I think I'll do the *to one side* approach for now. I've had quite enough of the outside
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I have a Jaguar XJS - RARRGHH! She is called Lily, and she is my best friend! goo.gl/bT3ASP <-- video of her
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Serious question ... if you are confined to the indoors of your garage, would you ever run the engine?
The reason I ask is because engines - especially older cars (especially fuel guzzling older cars) - produce a lot of Carbon Monoxide don't they?
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I have a Jaguar XJS - RARRGHH! She is called Lily, and she is my best friend! goo.gl/bT3ASP <-- video of her
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They certainly do, even healthy modern vehicles, so no I wouldn't be running a car in a closed small garage.
How big is your garage?
those cheap dollies look like they are man enough for a jag, 450 kg per wheel capacity, 1800 total, so check your axle weights.
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Last Edit: Feb 4, 2017 20:52:54 GMT by welshpug
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So, do I understand that you still have the Jaguar? Good on you mate. Keep keeping at it.
Cheers
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So, do I understand that you still have the Jaguar? Good on you mate. Keep keeping at it. Cheers Hmm thanks for the information .. might if push comes to shove have the car parked front facing forwards then if I ever need to run it open the garage door. It's 5.75m * 2.8m (just about big enough for her!)
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I have a Jaguar XJS - RARRGHH! She is called Lily, and she is my best friend! goo.gl/bT3ASP <-- video of her
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I imagine it'll be generally more tricky to work on most bits of the car you'll need to get at if it's parked in the garage facing nose in.
I know serious collectors with very valuable classics & dream garages often like to have their engines run regularly without the car moving, (very often they'd employ their own 'Jack-of-all-trades' mechanic continuously running / maintaining / repairing / detailing the cars). If the car is facing tail into the garage for display purposes they sometimes use some sort of flexible hose exhaust extension. One end fits over the exhaust(s) of the car being run & the other end runs through the back wall in a sort of horizontal flue so that the exhaust fumes are vented straight outside, (this obviously only works if the garage doesn't have another room immediately behind it!)
Given that your car isn't likely to be moving very far under its own power for a few years it and you probably want to run it periodically it might be worth trying to rig something like this up? (Obviously with the permission of the garage owners and if it's actually possible).
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My dear chap! If you think working outside is a pain wait 'til you try working in a cramped garage and you can barely get through the car door let alone open them fully. Or perhaps I need to lose weight. Anyway, if at all possible I'd suggest you keep it drivable for as long as you can. That way you can run it outside, do work, put it back, spin it round and so on. Makes planning your work and completing the job a bit more critical though. Can't imagine a Jag is easy to push around either. The MR2 is bad enough.
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Ideally, you want a double garage which is at least 6 metres wide with a daily driver in one side, which can be driven out when you want to work on the other one.
My garage is a bit narrower than that, so it's a tight squeeze. Whenever possible, I prefer to work on the driveway.
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Seriously, take the doors off. You'd be amazed how much easier it is to get around a car then,
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stuey
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i have a double garage with 2 cars in it one runs one doesnt- i drive one out and the other one is on dollies so i just slide it over and work on it, they are super cheap from sgs engineering.
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Feb 12, 2017 17:12:06 GMT
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Seriously, take the doors off. You'd be amazed how much easier it is to get around a car then, Already intending to do this I've been to the garage! So it feels moderately warm since the house warms it up a bit which is good. Since the house hasn't been long completed I can't comment on dampness or anything but all the furniture and textiles (Grandma likes sewing) that are currently in the garage feel dry so that's a good sign. The door has a few air gaps (as in intentional at the bottom on the lip to let in air) as well as the natural gap between the door and the garage. My idea was to cover all this up to stop drafts (hence water-laden air!!!!!!!!!!) but would this be a bad thing and I'm just not aware of it?
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I have a Jaguar XJS - RARRGHH! She is called Lily, and she is my best friend! goo.gl/bT3ASP <-- video of her
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Feb 12, 2017 17:42:36 GMT
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I'm lucky my garge is resonably big ,but a friend of mine solved his garage space issues by fitting large sliding doors on the side wall of his garage This way he could slide them open and have access on the one side which helped massively
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Feb 12, 2017 19:31:55 GMT
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My garage is a little bit bigger than standard single garage size, but although my car's pretty small, once I'd stripped everything off it, the easiest thing to do was to put it on a trolley. My friend got me the bottom of a warehouse cage which was suitably hefty from his work. Total cost? £one pint. Here it is, as modelled by next door's tabby, Fred. And also in action with a Midas bodyshell on top (pic taken a long time before paint...)
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gazz81
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Feb 12, 2017 19:41:11 GMT
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Doesnt matter how big your garage is, if you are anything like me you will soon fill it up with curse word!
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Feb 13, 2017 11:28:56 GMT
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The kicker is do you have enough width to get a trolley jack (and handle) under the car at 90 degrees to the sills with the car in the garage?
I normally work outside but have done work in my dads garage which is slightly wider than normal and always found it a pain not being able to spread out sideways and always paranoid about knocking a body panel with a heavy tool by mistake as you squeeze down the side of the car.
Height may be an issue too with the long bonnet of the jag, especially once it's jacked up.
Make sure you have enough light too, a couple of portable floodlights and at least one "wander light" is useful, it's amazing how much difference it makes being able to see what you're doing and garages have notoriously rubbish lighting.
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Jez
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Feb 14, 2017 12:48:53 GMT
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I get by with parking my car tight to one side depending on which side I need to work on. It's a pain but it is do-able. Luckily the garage is plenty long enough so I can just push and pull the car depending on which end I need to work on. This used to be really easy with my old Beetle as it was so light.
Jacking up is tricky. I have to put the jack at about 45 degrees or less to allow the handle room to move. And I'm terrified of damaging the car while I'm squashed in there with it. The dream is to get a double garage for my one car!
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