Recent content by bigcountry

Try to google "Rotary lift spotting dish" many will come up.

When I put my 2012 suburban up on my rotary asymmetric 7k two post, I line up the steering wheel with the front of the post. So the center of the post is about 5 or 6 inches from steering wheel. I know you wanted more specifics but I'm on a trip right now. Here is an old picture:

Most times you use a vacuum gauge to set idle mixture measuring manifold vacuum, a source below the throttle blades. If you connect to the carb above the throttle blades you are getting "ported" vacuum which is dependant on throttle opening. You set the idle mixture to the highest vacuum reading...

Rotary sells "special grease" but I use a good quality water resistant bearing grease seems to work well. My lift is also outside. I was also told not to use it on the equalizer cables, they use a good penetrating oil so the inner strands get protection.

My old rotary 2 post would do that once in awhile, it meant that I needed to grease the carriage sliding blocks. I bought my lift from an old chevy dealer and is more than 20 years old. I keep them lubed up now and have had 5 years of DIY service trouble free.

Why do you want/need a sub panel for the lights and fan? Just take the 220 breakers out and replace them with single poles for each circuit you need. Run the new wire to the the existing panel. But like the other posts you problebly need someone with more electrical knowlegde.

I have one from 1993 or so. It's a Super Sawzall and has the dial control with no orbital. The cat# is 6527. It's not for sale and I still grab it for bigger jobs because batteries sometimes just don't cut it. (pun intended).

autoenginuity.com X2 A very good laptop based scan tool. With the manufacturer specific modules you can see and control (bi-directional) almost all of the car systems. I have the GM setup and is close to the level of the GM tech II scanner.

Hey; Just E-mail Rotary directly. They sent me a PDF file no questions asked for a SPOA84 that was 19 years old. The file contained all the instructions that came with it when sold new. It had all the info for a complete install and a parts list. It was all I needed and there was no...