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Pegasus
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24V Cosworth Ultima Born: Sept 97, sold Aug 23
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Some safety tips
« on: Jun 6th, 2010, 9:53pm » |
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Hi All,
came across these, mainly aimed at repair specialists but having looked at them some could be a timely reminder to us DIYers:
general stuff
and tyres
Paul
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Jonnycab
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Former owner of 2.3 Ultima Facelift saloon
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Re: Some safety tips
« Reply #1 on: Jun 7th, 2010, 2:36am » |
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Good advice Paul  ....it's beggars belief how some people think it's safe to crawl under a car with just a trolley jack or manufacturers wheel jack holding a ton & a half of metal above them 
One thing that was missed out though was the use of wheel ramps. After a few years the metal & welds can get rusty & weaken. They also get weak from metal fatigue, caused by the continuous heavy loads forced upon them.....so best not to use old car ramps 
When using ramps, I always use a trolley jack to support in between as well 
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Mike H
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Re: Some safety tips
« Reply #2 on: Jun 7th, 2010, 2:31pm » |
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Not only that, there's plenty of TV programmes and TV ads showing exactly the bad methods. There's one latest ad where it's done for a larf (dog grabs hold of the handle of a trolley jack while bloke is underneath) Good point about the wheel ramps tho, I inherited a couple from my dad but were probably 40 years old and rusty, they went to the metal skip at the recycling depot
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