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| r_towle |
 May 5 2023, 01:41 PM
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Custom Member  Group: Members Posts: 24,705 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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Start with carpel tunnel that has turned into arthritis
Hand hurt sometimes I forgot how honestly stupid and hard things are todo in the “engine bay” Trying to remove and replace the injectors on a 75 Adding air injection just makes it even more challenging to get done. I just am being reminded how stupid some things are on this car. I simply forgot, or it’s a memory I refused to save. I’m glancing over at the fan belt, with air pump….that should be fun. |
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| technicalninja |
May 7 2023, 01:06 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,531 Joined: 31-January 23 From: Granbury Texas Member No.: 27,135 Region Association: Southwest Region
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I purchased a Bend-Pac XPR-10A-LP 7 years ago and it has been a life saver...
7 years down the road I'm a bit older and less agile and I'm finding just getting down on the floor to set the lift legs is NOW a PIA. The down is easy, getting back up is where I'm having trouble. Once you have one of these you can never go back... This means you HAVE to have a shop with at least 12' 6" ceiling height. You need 6" rebar reinforced floor. Got to have 220 service. Moving and installing these is a trick as well. I checked out 5 companies that install lifts. Not a one used floor stud epoxy and I ended up installing myself as I could not find anyone I trusted. Not all that hard except when your hammer drill hits a piece of re-bar, sticks, and the tool head tries to beat you to death... |
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