Search results

The right lift you say :unsure: . Sounds like you be trollin the various disciples 👊😌

I think the OP said hes 9' ceilings in the back garage where he wants to work, so that rules out walking under the job. Re the videos i prefer the first tbh, not in terms of kit but thinking. In it he throws wheel stands (nice stable looking steel efforts) under the front wheels after lifting...

Could use a couple of mobile wheel lifts and 4 wheel stands at whatever heights you need, cribs also an option. Lifts are available in manual - screw - hydraulic at prices to match, gives you optionality at sit down height and can easily pack out the way when not needed.

Spent the evening bodging my LR3. Had a problem with the Steering angle sensor sending the whole car into spaz mode, turns out to be the drive plate (I use that term loosely) had spun on the steering column. The design is complete shite and far as I can tell only comes as a complete unit, the...

What!? I can do much better than that! Heres the back end of a 1 ton van jacked centre on them 6x2s, now that did have me feeling a little weird 😅(y) In reality they're rock solid at that small overlap from the edge, but the pita is the boards have to stay put once its up. If poss, for that...

Ah yeah, if anyone try's to con you into changing a door handle on an R56 mini, charge it up! Inner panel, glass and regulator all have to come out with all the nonsense that that entails. The reward outside of $ is that you can marvel at the true greatness of 'mini' engineering 👊😌

Ive always resisted the temptation but finally caved, the lure of the cheapy chinese 'air bag' jacks was just tooo great and curiosity finally won out. Tbh, they're not bad actually 😌. After buying one and deciding they're not complete shite I had to get another, logic being you can use both at...

How about a headtorch? Ive some machining time under my belt but never actually used one on a mill/lathe etc, would imagine they'd work well tho. Always focused where youre looking/doesnt get in the way of the job etc. Cheap enough in pairs, keep one on charge while using the other. The white...

Got the cross beam mostly welded up, rough as assholes but is square and works as intended. Is under a van in the pics so lack of head room limits things, will experiment with cribbing high when next ive a car over the hole, which will be sooner id than like, cos daughter has a mini, its due an...

Spent the afternoon getting some scrap I have laying around cleaned and sized to cobble up a jacking beam for the pit, 2" angle for the runners and 3.5" gas pipe for the cross beams, a wood pad that'll ride the cross beams and sit flush with the garage floor will be the base for an air jack...

Wot he said^^

Not looking good tbh, thats a lot o scale, be fun to test it tho. Maybe keep and eye out for remote tank.

Its all good, this sort of subject always has the fear brigade clucking. Visually inspect as best you can, set and test the pop off valve, hydro test it at 1.5x lowest required working pressure and understand and accept the risk of using/being close to a pressured vessel. Same goes for a new...

Your concerns are fair.

Dont worry, you'll get over that in a week or few. Good find on the starter bolt, is worth going over everything. I bought a pickup with "Built not bought!" along the bottom of the number plate, kinda wish he had bought it as near everything (including suspension) was way loose :cautious:

Ive not heard of that with Argon before, but oxygen can be a problem apparently, can ignite a contaminate between bottle and reg iirc. Its all risk eh

Well there's many ways to skin a cat. If you've the tools and understanding enough of what it is you're trying to measure and how to do so repeatably, is no biggie. ------------------------------------------------------- What kind of numbers are we talking for a fail here btw? Has to be size and...

Be easy enough to strap it and set up an indicator if you felt the need.

Unless I missed it, pretty sure tank thickness plays a role. I've an old broom wade that I only run to 125psi, its all I need, 150 litre I guess, the walls of the tank are around 1/4" and weighs much for its size. Compared to cheapy china upright I had years ago that had a tank so thin it would...

I find that whenever im in the situation where buying something is tugging on the old brain cells, the best remedy has always been to just buy the fkin thing and be done with it, then I can sleep again :giggle:(y) As long as you've the height to make full use, a four poster you can move around...