[AT] Shop lifts

[John Dunlap]

Yeah I understand, thanks Ralph. I used to , and I guess still do, get
somewhat perturbed at people who don't take care of 'stuff'. Some
people are like that though. Go through life with a bunch of broken
down what-evers and never learned to turn a wrench even a little. If
ya ain't got the money to pay for a mechanic you better learn to do it
yourself....at least that's what I keep telling my eldest...

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:29 PM, charliehill
<charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> John that was obvious to me looking at it.  The kid was a hippy type, the
> car was ragged and dirty.  I suspect the engine had been pulled at some
> point and either some of the flange bolts on the bell housing were left out
> or left loose.  It looked like it just turned loose and dropped on the
> ground.  I wasn't kicking Corvairs.  Ralph Nader did a good enough job of
> that and he and I seldom, if ever, see eye to eye.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Dunlap" <jsdunlap at roadkill.org>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Shop lifts
>
>
>>I used to race Corvairs, that was just poor maintenance, or the idiot
>> didn't know how to use a wrench...
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:32 AM, charliehill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Don, I've told this story here before I think but I like to tell it so
>>> here
>>> it is again. In the early 70's I was following a rather ragged Corvair
>>> through a campus street at NC State U. That particular street had a
>>> couple
>>> of severe speed bumps, even at a slow speed. When the Corvair went over
>>> one
>>> of them at no more than maybe 5 mph it suddenly stopped in it's tracks.
>>> The
>>> driver got out to see what was wrong. From my point of view behind him I
>>> could have told him rather quickly. The whole engine fell out of the car
>>> and was sitting next to the speed bump.
>>>
>>> I sure would like to have a lift too. I need to put brake pads on the
>>> front
>>> of my truck now and I sure hate to do it sitting on a bucket with the
>>> truck
>>> on a jack but it's either that or let some shop rip me off.
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Don Bowen" <don.bowen at earthlink.net>
>>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 9:08 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Shop lifts
>>>
>>>
>>>>A lift is on my wish list but may never happen. A friend in Kentucky
>>>> has one that we used to replace the transmission in a Corvair van. The
>>>> use of a 55 gallon drum under the lift made engine removal and
>>>> replacement easy. No more laying down to reach under the car to then
>>>> standing up then laying down, rinse and repeat.
>>>>
>>>> Last spring I used another friends lift to replace the clutch in the
>>>> pickup. Everything was done standing up.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/April%2009/images/lift.jpg
>>>> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/April%2009/images/grease.jpg
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Don Bowen KI6DIU
>>>> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
>>>>
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