My feet are getting colder as I read these posts. On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote:
> On 09/09/2013 3:04 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: > >> Andrew Strasfogel wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Mitch. I would rather avoid any of those"d'oh" moments. >>> >> >> >> Another serious "d'oh!" is when you flip a car on its side between the >> uprights. >> I once worked with a guy who did that with a sheriff's patrol car. >> Everybody in that shop (including the guy who lost the Caprice with the >> fancy lights) poked fun at me, but I never lost a car and don't think I >> ever could. I make sure every lift arm is located right where it should be >> to engage a lift point on the vehicle, then I lift until the suspension >> rises a couple inches and check again. If I don't like the way it looks >> after it gets some weight on it, I drop the arms to the floor and try again. >> Most mechanics kick the arms under the car, take a quick peek to make >> sure they're placed well, and punch the button until the car's at the >> desired height. >> I prefer treating the lift like it wants to kill me and is just waiting >> for me to drop my guard. >> >> Mitch. >> >> Yes, you don't want to damage the car by lifting where you should not > either. > > A friend who was a mechanic for part of his life told me a story about > working in a shop where a vehicle started to tilt off of the hoist. He and > another fellow jumped in and held it up while a 3rd fellow lowered the car. > He siad it would have fallen onto his brother-in-law who was working > under the hood of a car in the next bay, if he had not grabbed it. > > Randy > > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
