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Who is doing what maintenance today?
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Very useful thanks Andy
I'm filthy hot and bothered.
Just crawled out from underneath having completed this year's rustproofing.
Exhaust sprayed with galvanising paint.
All the nooks and crannies sprayed with ACF50.
Whole underside and chassis cavities with chain lube*
Hand coated the chassis in marine grease, rear axle still well coated from last application.
** re the chain lube, it was just about the cheapest i could find in aerosol multi pack form, no idea how good it would be for chains but was surprisingly good for what was required here, powerful misting spray which sort of congeals in place after a short time, each aerosol came with a 6" flexi spout which means it can make quite useful for chassis and suspension cavities too.
Car care chain spray 450ml x 12 for £32.90, ebay number 144463149381 if anyone's interested.
Just crawled out from underneath having completed this year's rustproofing.
Exhaust sprayed with galvanising paint.
All the nooks and crannies sprayed with ACF50.
Whole underside and chassis cavities with chain lube*
Hand coated the chassis in marine grease, rear axle still well coated from last application.
** re the chain lube, it was just about the cheapest i could find in aerosol multi pack form, no idea how good it would be for chains but was surprisingly good for what was required here, powerful misting spray which sort of congeals in place after a short time, each aerosol came with a 6" flexi spout which means it can make quite useful for chassis and suspension cavities too.
Car care chain spray 450ml x 12 for £32.90, ebay number 144463149381 if anyone's interested.
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If memory serves @AndycruiserguyLomas has talked about using chain lube for this purpose?
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This is the approach I've adopted in addition to treating any rust I find (and can get to ) with Aquasteel. I'm undecided how much better the various lanolin treatments are, if at all. They're certainly more expensive.
I used to swear by Waxoyl years ago but no longer rate it that much.
Yes it probably was he, this was the first time i've used it as such, covered well and quickly.
If you did that and nothing else, £30odd quid a year to keep the tin worm at bay seems a bargain.
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Waxoyl was just about all we had to choose from at one time, unless you had spraying equipment the faff with blockages and heating the stuff up (on the mrs' stove when she wasn't looking) only to find it would block the pipe and or nozzle anyway, never again.
I found the best way to apply waxoyl was to tip the first batch over your head because that's where most of it ended up anyway.
I've been ACF50ing and chassis greasing for a good while now.
Bilt Hambers cavity waxes yes indeed but all the underbody stuff i believe is best suited to completely rust free areas.
Other find the various Lanolin and Krown treatments work too, certainly doing something is better than nothing.
Been looking at MOT histories of LCs for sale and even highly priced low mileage examples they make grim reading corrosion wise, ours is still solid with no corrosion advisories, so far.
However, buying the motor at 11 ish years old it was already too late to stop the aircon pipes corroding through, the cost of repiping those i haven't yet dare tell SWMBO.
