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#1 User is offline   onevone 

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Posted 03 March 2012 - 08:23 PM

hi everybody i have just purchased a renault wind for my wife, just to keep her out of my puma really lol.
the only thing is that my puma is going to be garaged for sometime so will have time to work on it at my leisure.
the thing i am worried about will parts start seizing up and so on.Would be grateful for any advice on how to garage my puma without any worries thanks.

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Posted 03 March 2012 - 08:32 PM

hmmmm. wel a few things to think of is fill up the gas tank, and do an oil change, also worth checking, or changing depending on age is the coolant, as if it's to "watery" it could rust the cooling system. jacking the car up on axel stands also prevents the rims from getting flatspotts. a crack on the windows can help ceep moisture out, and prevent rot, you might also want to change or atleast remove the pollenfilter, as it is usualy cramed whit spores that can produse mos, and mildue and so on...

a dehumidefyer, and heat is also preferabale in the garage, but I donæt supose that is something you'r going to spend money on :)
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Posted 04 March 2012 - 09:11 AM

okay thanks but what about the battery will i need to trickle charge it and how do you do that :wacko:

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Posted 04 March 2012 - 11:43 AM

yes, that is a good idea, :) you nmay also disconect it :)
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Posted 04 March 2012 - 07:21 PM

thanks for that cartman :rolleyes:

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Posted 04 March 2012 - 09:52 PM

my puma has been in my garage since last august , all i have done is disconnected the positive battery terminal , and started it a few times.

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Posted 05 March 2012 - 09:03 PM

View Postjonl6280, on 04 March 2012 - 09:52 PM, said:

my puma has been in my garage since last august , all i have done is disconnected the positive battery terminal , and started it a few times.



do you plan to keep your puma and use it as little as possible.Have you sorned it?

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Posted 06 March 2012 - 10:49 PM

yes plan to keep it for many years, i'm planning doing some work over the summer underseal and other things , not planning on putting it back on the road any time soon, and yes i sorned it think i need to resorn again sometime.

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Posted 07 March 2012 - 09:44 PM

i am doing the same mate.Your puma looks tidy in pic whats mileage on it ?

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Posted 07 March 2012 - 10:50 PM

its 90k looks better in pic than real life!! rusty back arches but apart from the rust its great. what about yours?

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Posted 08 March 2012 - 08:49 PM

mine is a red one with 75 on the clock and the arches are starting to go.I plan to get them done in the summer and a full re spray.

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Posted 08 March 2012 - 09:53 PM

i'd drain the water tbh. And then i would take the brakes off and discs. Or keep them dry...
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Posted 23 November 2014 - 09:04 PM

View Postjonl6280, on 04 March 2012 - 09:52 PM, said:

my puma has been in my garage since last august , all i have done is disconnected the positive battery terminal , and started it a few times.


My puma is still tucked away in my garage, been doing bits here n there but can't find the time

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Posted 23 November 2014 - 09:41 PM

my Puma is getting driven hard every day with my RS200 Clio Cup sitting on my drive - trying to keep the miles off the Renault - I did 10k in it last year
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