Whats to cold to work in garage

[et7333]

Since its winter and some of us don't have heated garages,what is the coldest temp in your garage that you have worked in on your race car?I changed the motor in my Camaro last month when it was 25-40 during that week.

[blowninjected540]

Brrr!! Thats cold, Even tho had to change batteries in a loader that wouldn't start at 10, deg below zero with the wind chill. but there is a difference between having to change batteries at 10 degs. (and have to), then 25-40 deg because you like it. :lol:

[bjuice]

S.C. ain't too bad as far as getting Too Cold...we do get in the mid lower 20's and touch high teens every now and then....but I live in Upstate...Lower State toward the coast stays a few degrees warmer

but to answer your question..I have turned wrenches in the 30 degree range....I saw no rush/need to be out there any Colder...Plus I use a kerosene jet heater when I do this.

Believe it or not I have Wet sanded a 69 truck Bed in mid/low 30's..I just kept my sand paper in a 5 gallon Bucket of Hot water...

But to be Flat Honest I DO NOT get after it like I use to...I love cars and Fast cars all the better.. I just don't have the Bug to get to the track as bad as I use to

[qtrmile2]

Well in my younger days I would plywood the car port and open the kitchen door in the winter to get some heat to rebuild my motor and work on my car.It probably got to about 30 to 40 degrees at best.
Now a days it's gotta be at least 60 in the shop for me to work on Winter projects.
Funny how things change when you get older. But like Brian I don't bust my butt like I use to when I was younger. I use to race every week end but only go about 4 to 5 times a year now.

[fla1976]

I removed and rebuilt my TH350 in a 72 Impala in Riverton, Wyoming in Dec 1979. I don't know what the temp was, but it felt warm when it finally got up to 32 degrees. Most miserable repair I've ever had to do.

[BEAST477]

For me below 50 is too cold anymore. I think it's like most guys say the older I get the less I like the cold. Why do I live in Michigan? (The Winter Wonderland) :lol: Heck anymore if I get the John Deere out to blow snow I put all my snowmobile gear on to stay warm. :shock: Needless to say, I don't have any snowmobiles anymore. :wink:

[gatormcclusky]

i helped a friend take a motor out of his truck when it was 15degrees out!! off a limb of a pine tree.,with a comealong,,course that was 20yrs ago..when i was 25!!..any way them days are over.. i got a wood stove now.,with blower motor..i dont know your situation, but i would make a stove out of a 55gal. drum..

[mopar1968]

Well i have gas heat so this doesn't apply to me :!: But to be honest 40 degrees is too cold for me :!: :!:








Mark

[MEMRACING62]

replaced 13 speed truck tran & clutch in truck with wet kit...dirt floor barn with a kerosene heated blowing under it....10 degrees.....I WAS A MEAN SOB TO BE AROUND THAT DAY !

[prowagon55]

I pulled the motor out of the race car 1st week of December it was right around 40 degrees in the garage, anything lower than that i cant seem to function. Worked outside for the city for 33 yrs. sometimes in sub-zero weather repairing watermain breaks or what ever was required to do at that time and it never seemed to bother me. Now that i'm 58 and been retired for 3 yrs i've gotten use to stayin in the warm house near the fireplace. Next year there is a gas furnace in the works for my garage.

[TheYellaBrick]

'bout 4 years ago when I was on my crash program to build the BRICK and get it ready to run the coming summer, I was doing 14 hour days in single digits, 10's,& 20's for 3 months. NEVERNEVERNEVER again ! Like some others here , I"M TOO OLD for the COLD !!! Even with a heated cushy shop I'm not gonna do as much time thrashing. Them days are memories now. At least we can say, "WE DID IT !". :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[et7333]

I agree since getting older,62 currently,I don't care to work in cold climate either but for some reason I still like to have my race car ready for the next season by December.

[dragonmaster093]

r&r a tranny in a buick few years back top hill snowing blowing up coveralls temp with out windchill was 20 thought i was gonna literally freeze my nuts off. top it all off the used tranny was junk

[TheRabbit]

replaced 13 speed truck tran & clutch in truck with wet kit...dirt floor barn with a kerosene heated blowing under it....10 degrees.....I WAS A MEAN SOB TO BE AROUND THAT DAY !

I would have looked liked the Michelin man with so many clothes on I couldn't move much less fart.

I've worked outside most of my life, but thank goodness I live in the south. It's so humid here it's a cold to the bone damp cold. I've been up north in the snow with a short sleeve shirt and no problem, but here 40 and the wind can be miserable. However, that's nothing to what some of you guys deal with every year. No way could I live in a place that I had to blow snow off my driveway before I went to work.
My shop (garage attatcehd to my house) is so small I can heat it from 40 (that's as cold as it get's even it it's in the teens) to 65 in less than 10 mins. That's the only good thing about it being so small.

Without heat 50 or 55 in the shop is as low as I go unless it's a have to repair issue.

[TheRabbit]

My forecast for Monday

Mon
Jan 10


Rain / Freezing Rain

37° high
29° low

Boy this is gonna be a long winter. :cry: :cry:

[dragonmaster093]

rabbit that t shirt and shorts weather lol

[gump]

Never too cold to work on race stuff!Iwas just out in the garage in my robe and tennis shoes pullin apart a set of big block heads with the door open.5 degrees here in NW WI.Gotta love what your doin or it seems alot colder!

[lively]

well guys--i am 55 and worked outside almost all my life[ i just came home from putting shingles on a house--28 degrees] :?

when i built my garage i insulated everything i could and sealed it tight--i have an electric hotel heater in the wall but hardly run it---i just rebuilt the whole front end on a Dakota the last few evenings and it was 35-40 degrees in the garage[ my boys came out and turned the heat on BECAUSE they were freezing-they are 23 yrs old :roll: :roll: ]

i HATE the cold weather in ILLINOIS any more and think it is time to move south :lol: :lol:
LIKE OKLAHOMA--where i was JAN- MARCH last year :idea: :idea:

[bixblk]

Last winter, in jan 2010 I R & R the 4 speed in my red 70 chevelle.I put a mid 80's 5 speed in the car. Slight modification required. The Old G and I had a "disaggreement" and I thought it would be better to do something productive, (my other choice was drinking) . I was finishing the basement and asked her to pick a color for the doors, she picked it out (after 2 weeks) my 12 year old daughter and I painted them, and mama did not like the color (she picked out) My 12 old started crying, so I went to the garage to do something productive, that is why I play with cars to escape and enjoy life. 4 hours later I went to the store and bought some primer and paint and my 12 old and I started to do the doors again, they turned out great.The cold weather did not seem to bother me that time.But it does get cold in the windy city (even suburbs)

[lanham]

In the winter when i work in the garage i turn the heat on and get it around 50-60 degrees.I have and sometimes still do work out in the freezing temps but i don't like to do that at all.I am ready for the temps to get back in the 60-70 degree range.

[hankster]

In my early 20s I had to pile snow around my car once to block wind and change trans over the weekend to get too work on mon. It was -15 out,no garage! now it has to be 68 or above in my garage!