When I found it took a very long shop jack to reach the front lift
point on the Prius,
I bought a pair of ramps instead, centered them on the front wheels,
drove up on the ramps, put on the emergency brake, and then decided
to move the car further back in the shop.
When I had backed half way
On May 24, 2015 at 9:13 AM Gerry Archer via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
When I had backed half way down the ramps with the emergency brake dragging,
both ramps shot out from under the wheels, knocking the woodworking bench
down, and kicking out one leg on the general purpose
When I found it took a very long shop jack to reach the front lift point on the
Prius,
I bought a pair of ramps instead, centered them on the front wheels, drove up
on the ramps, put on the emergency brake, and then decided to move the car
further back in the shop.
When I had backed half way
On Sun, 24 May 2015 08:32:45 -0500
Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
When I found it took a very long shop jack to reach the front lift
point on the Prius,
I bought a pair of ramps instead, centered them on the front wheels,
drove up on the ramps, put on the emergency
On Sun, 24 May 2015 09:29:20 -0400 (EDT)
Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
On May 24, 2015 at 9:13 AM Gerry Archer via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
When I had backed half way down the ramps with the emergency brake dragging,
both ramps shot out from
G: Thanks for the suggestion. I'll use blocks in the future.
Of course, this time I just forgot to release the emergency brake. Duuh!
Gerry
I had forgotten, but I think i learned that lesson the same way with
the wabbit. It was the first FWD of 2 I owned. In my case, no
damage was done.
Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote:
That is a good story. It is also why I don't set the emerg brake, but
use blocks. Emerg brakes have a history of sticking on. So if you
don't use it, it can't stick on.
Emergency brakes should be used frequently, or not at all.
If you use them all the time
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Subject: [MBZ] Dumb trick.
Date: Sun, May 24, 2015 08:13
When I found it took a very long shop jack to reach the front lift point on
the Prius,
I bought a pair of ramps instead, centered them on the front
Don't forget the electric motor that puts out100% torque at 1 RPM.
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