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Hachiroku ハチロク - 21 May 2008 04:45 GMT

A friend of mine works in a body shop, and they installed a lift at his
station. He doesn't work every Friday, so he's going to see if we can use
the lift his next Friday off.

Sounds good to me!

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Ray O - 21 May 2008 07:00 GMT

>A friend of mine works in a body shop, and they installed a lift at his
> station. He doesn't work every Friday, so he's going to see if we can use
> the lift his next Friday off.
>
> Sounds good to me!

It sounds like your friend got an above-ground lift. You might want to let
the friend show you where to place the lifting arms so the car isn't
off-balance. Always support the vehicle with additional stands - they look
like very tall jack stands - if you are going to remove anything heavy from
the vehicle like the transmission or engine because the balance changes and
the car and fall off.

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hachiroku - 21 May 2008 17:39 GMT

>>A friend of mine works in a body shop, and they installed a lift at his
>> station. He doesn't work every Friday, so he's going to see if we can use
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> the vehicle like the transmission or engine because the balance changes and
> the car and fall off.

He's going to be there for sure.

And don't worry about me putting a car on a lift! I am so paranoid about
getting under a car, even on a lift, I take every precaution there is!

And, after seeing a new Corolla fall off the lift in Noho, you *bet* I pay
attention! (I can't remember what they removed, but it was something from
the front of the car that threw the weight distribution off...)

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Ray O - 22 May 2008 04:16 GMT

>>>A friend of mine works in a body shop, and they installed a lift at his
>>> station. He doesn't work every Friday, so he's going to see if we can
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> attention! (I can't remember what they removed, but it was something from
> the front of the car that threw the weight distribution off...)

It does add a little excitement to a boring day!

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Hachiroku ハチロク - 22 May 2008 04:48 GMT

>> He's going to be there for sure.
>>
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> It does add a little excitement to a boring day!

The car had been sold before I got there, so it wasn't just a loss for the
dealer. It was only a few months old! D'OH!!!

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Scott in Florida - 21 May 2008 12:52 GMT

On Wed, 21 May 2008 03:45:26 GMT, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno@ae86.GTS>
wrote:

>A friend of mine works in a body shop, and they installed a lift at his
>station. He doesn't work every Friday, so he's going to see if we can use
>the lift his next Friday off.
>
>Sounds good to me!

A friend with a lift?

Hell that is just about as good as having a friend with a boat....LOL

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