Recent content by Mike S.

I got fed up with my old garage door opener and finally replaced it. Took a lot longer than I had expected . My garage door is 7' 10", so I had to make a trip back to Lowe's to buy the extension kit. Then another trip to buy some angle iron to hang the new motor. Even with the extension it's...

I probably watched your video. It's a simple concept, but it was interesting to see how different people constructed their wheel cribs.

Some of the suspension bushings have through bolts which are supposed to be torqued when the car is sitting at ride height. In the past I would use ramps in the front and then try to stack blocks of wood, bricks or whatever I had laying around to try to get the car level. The wheel cribs make...

I got a screw in my tire driving to work on Friday, so I plugged that. Then I grabbed some 2x4's at Lowes and threw together some wheel cribs.

I like the Icon light a lot, but I wish the lights had replaceable li-ion batteries. It ***** when they die and then you have no light until they're charged up again. I guess you're supposed to keep spare lights handy to use while the others charge... or work faster and get everything done...

My auxiliary jack showed up today from Amazon. It's from Bestool, who I've never heard of before. I was looking for a jack that would go low enough to fit under a mid-rise lift. It's actually pretty stout and is rated for 3k lbs. I only bought one to check it out.

Looks nice. I'm diggin' the Mk4 Supra. (y)

Got my new mid-rise lift installed, so I'm pretty excited about that. Stacking the 2.75" and 5.5" riser/adapters puts the roof of the car about an inch away from the light fixture when it's sitting on the locks in the highest position. There's plenty of room under the car to comfortably...

Well, I think I got it all put together last night. I called Bendpak and spoke with the rep. The hoses thread in tightly from the start, so I was just being overly cautious. The rep said if the connection leaks when I start up the pump, I can get new hoses and/or a new flow divider under...

To follow up, I did receive the lift a couple of weeks ago. I haven't been able to work on it as much as I would like due to vacation and some other prior commitments. One of the first things I did was check to see if the lift was going to line up with the anchors in the floor. It was a bit...

Good idea! I'll put some blue loctite on them this weekend. The door has all of the proper carriage bolts with the serrated nuts. I made sure to inspect them all. I can't explain why this one came loose. You know, it's one of those things we talked about a few times. We've just never put the...

I had a scary moment yesterday morning opening the garage door. The door lifted normally, but when it stopped at the top position, I heard a metal clanking sound followed by the sound of a small metal object falling onto the hood of my car. I turned around and noticed that one of the garage door...

I think that's what I'm going to do. It'll move the post in a little over 5 inches. (y) I made the template last night, which showed me how screwed up the post is against the wall. I'll move the this post inwards and drill 3 new holes. Unfortunately, the hole that deviates the most from the...

Thanks, I could probably do that. Do you have a MaxJax or is that a full size lift? I'll try to put a template together tomorrow. It's probably a good idea to see what I would be working with. Tonight I tried to put an outline of my smallest car on the garage floor and marked the lift points...

So the the guy that I bought my house from had a MaxJax installed in the garage. I wanted to buy a new MaxJax M7K kit and wanted to know what your thoughts are on installing a new kit using the old anchor bolt locations. I would prefer to do this rather drilling new holes into the concrete. The...