[T2] OLD FART VW MECHANICS

[Bob Reuter]

cut hole in roof of garage???

I wouldn't have anywhere to put a lift unfortunately

Bob



On Tue, 25 Sep 2018, Al Brase wrote:

> THE LIFT THING:
> I'm on line to do that too. Except I'm STILL  building the garage. And I
> goofed building the garage- I should have made 12 foot ceilings. Somehow I
> thought 10-1/2 feet was pretty high.  BUT I bought a used Rotary 2 post
> lift from the tech school. Gonna cut 18" off the extension part on the top.
> And shorten the equalizing cables by 36" It occurs to me that I could add a
> fixture on one side to take up the 36" slack and make it movable, so to
> ROTATE the whole vehicle somewhat. I'd probably want to thoroughly think
> that through, perhaps at least lock the arms to keep from moving around.
>
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 11:56 PM Al Brase <alribee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> with regard to getting to the WHOLE list:
>> I hit REPLY TO ALL
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 11:54 PM steve blackham <
>> homecraftproperties at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> THIS LAST SPRING I gave up on trying to get my old fart body under a bus
>>> or any car for that matter.
>>>
>>> I bit the bullet and bought two scissor lifts:
>>> https://www.harborfreight.com/6000-lb-capacity-scissor-lift-91315.html
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.harborfreight.com/1000-lbs-capacity-hydraulic-table-cart-69148.html
>>>
>>> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/391373.jpg
>>>
>>> Best tool (s) I ever bought.  Why did I wait so long.
>>>
>>> HF is not a Bendpak but is $1000 less
>>>
>>> You can get the lift for 25% off or $1125 if you wait for one of their
>>> weekend sales.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> PS. please post this to the list for their comments.  I get the list but
>>> can't post.  Don't know why?
>>>
>>
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