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protect the alloys with a piece of wood and then whack it with a Sledge Hammer.
I could replace alloys with almost any word here and it would still not sound like a good idea. Eggs, porcelain vase, baby, 20 year old bottle of scotch.
I agree with loosening the nuts and shocking the wheel loose. I'd prefer using the drivetrain over the jack.
First I loosened the Nuts off and then I took the sloping ramps off my Car lifter, then rolled her back until She dropped off the end.
This was only a drop of 6ins which was inspired by a suggestion from Daim and then I drove her round the Garden Zig Zagging as much as I could@Doug.
Then I poured Hot Water over them@Leo, at which point they started to loosen up but not enough to come off, at which point the FBH came out!
But I only hit the rubber not the rim, where after a lot of Jiggling, I managed to get them off and having cleaned the corrosion off put plenty of Copper Grease on them.
Unfortunately I did not see Erics Inspired suggestion, until it was too late but will certainly be trying that out, if they get stuck again.
I finally got the Wheels off by using a combination of your suggestions.
Doug@Daim@Leo@Carl@Eric
Cheers Guys!
Most of the Corrosion was around the Center Hub and I used plenty of Copper Grease on them before I put them back.
Weather permitting Tomorrows Job, is to take the Wheels off again and then I'll clean and Waxoyl the Wheel Arches.
Technically, you should never hit a tyre on it's wall. That is the weakest part of the tyre. You can tear/break a wire inside the wall and the area will instantly inflate to an egg shaped lump.
The rim can take more but avoid hitting the tyres on their walls.
Run a garden hose (full pressure) around the inside of the lip pointing the stream at the lip where the inner and outer guard are joined. Then inside the boot put your hand down the inner and see if there is any water. Mine leaked here both sides.
If you pull the connectors off 1A and 3A then the connector that goes to 5A will be open circuit to ground on the ECU side, and the connector that goes to 6A will have continuity on both terminals.
NOTE: You MUST pull the connectors off 1A and 3A for this to work.
Although She runs with the Injector Leads on either one, She did seem to run a bit smoother with the Yellow and White on 6 and the Blue and White on 5.
All done now and ready for Her MOT!
Just got to wait for the Weather, its raining and blowing a Gale!
That original battery clamp is a very poor design and would be easy to short the battery terminals putting it on/off. I ditched mine and made a new one from a bit of hardwood similar to yours.
No Magic Bullet, just Blood Sweat and Tears while life gets in the way and holds things up but as for passing the MOT.
I've done all I can do at my end and so now its really in the lap of the gods, where my only real concern is the Hand Brake.
Which although it works only has those tiny little brake pads, which can be all to easily ripped off, if applied for too long on the Rolling Road.
Which would mean dropping the IRS to replace them, although I did it without that once but it was the job from hell.
Ironically I do not know anyone who ever uses the hand brake in an Automatic Car.
All I do is to leave it in Park in the Shifter.
over on the XJ6 boards it's a huge thing. Park brake while in neutral the put it in gear. Anything else can result in a car stuck in park when the tranny binds against the pin.
I have no idea if this is a real thing or not. But I always have done it that way regardless of vehicle. Autos that is.
I always pull the parking brake in my car, because I've always used the parking brake in all my cars, which have mostly always been manuals, mind. However, I suspect that the level where the light comes on is a bit before the level where it actually holds the car (I tested it once on a hill).
over on the XJ6 boards it's a huge thing. Park brake while in neutral the put it in gear. Anything else can result in a car stuck in park when the tranny binds against the pin.
I have no idea if this is a real thing or not. But I always have done it that way regardless of vehicle. Autos that is.
Had that happen to me in my XJ8. Parked up on a slightly incline. Purvit in P and got out. Came back and I could barely get it out of P. As Ibdid, it crunched really badly. So I avoid that now...