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pudding:
Axle stands, uff, I seriously get tired of all that nonsense :grin: I keep thinking about buying a quick lift but at £1200, it's quite spendy. Then again, with the amount of times we jack these old cars up, one corner at a time, I can't help thinking all that twisting of the bodyshell can't be good for it :thinking:
Clarkj93:
--- Quote from: Pudding on November 25, 2022, 05:28:02 pm ---Axle stands, uff, I seriously get tired of all that nonsense :grin: I keep thinking about buying a quick lift but at £1200, it's quite spendy. Then again, with the amount of times we jack these old cars up, one corner at a time, I can't help thinking all that twisting of the bodyshell can't be good for it :thinking:
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I saw an advert a year or so a go of what I presume to be a local millionaire who had some massive unit with a few lifts in it and extensive tool set to use on a 24/7 basis for each tenant, at 350 per month though that's hard to justify just to make life easier :grin:
pudding:
Yikes, sod that! That's a good idea though as I've heard of 'rent a workshop' type places which you can use for a day. Perfect :happy2:
Thing is though, with my stupid 3K oil change regime, that's 6 times a year I have to jack it up, plus all the other jobs I do in-between :grin: Hmmm, I'm definitely warming to a quick lift! Another thing is, there's no where to put the bloody stands at the rear as the trolley jack uses the only jacking point back there :grin: A quick lift gets around that quite nicely, and lifts it waaaaaay higher, so no more crooked necks :grin:
Clarkj93:
--- Quote from: Pudding on November 25, 2022, 05:40:02 pm ---Yikes, sod that! That's a good idea though as I've heard of 'rent a workshop' type places which you can use for a day. Perfect :happy2:
Thing is though, with my stupid 3K oil change regime, that's 6 times a year I have to jack it up, plus all the other jobs I do in-between :grin: Hmmm, I'm definitely warming to a quick lift! Another thing is, there's no where to put the bloody stands at the rear as the trolley jack uses the only jacking point back there :grin: A quick lift gets around that quite nicely, and lifts it waaaaaay higher, so no more crooked necks :grin:
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Yeah would love a lift in high up double width garage. No weather to worry about, no worry about leaving the car in the air with the job half done when it's a Sunday afternoon and you fancy just having a beer or 2 instead. Maybe one day... but probably not :grin:
breeze:
--- Quote from: Pudding on November 25, 2022, 05:28:02 pm ---Axle stands, uff, I seriously get tired of all that nonsense :grin: I keep thinking about buying a quick lift but at £1200, it's quite spendy. Then again, with the amount of times we jack these old cars up, one corner at a time, I can't help thinking all that twisting of the bodyshell can't be good for it :thinking:
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I’ve been thinking exactly the same. Quickjack at £1200 ish but it is quite hard to justify.
That said, I realised recently that with my car on factory height suspension I can actually drive up ramps (still needing extensions admittedly). I’d forgotten how helpful ramps are for getting under a car.
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