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ScorpioWidow
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« Reply #1 on: Mar 15th, 2005, 10:25pm » |
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feelin' for ya mate......nasty mechanic, would've removed his manhood slowly and painfully.......
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Dave
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« Reply #2 on: Mar 15th, 2005, 10:39pm » |
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Oh my God  ... my condolences. I hate those lifting things with the four things... The jacking points are so specific that I have to read manuals just to make sure i'm doing it right. I watched a random apprentice mechanic putting mine of the lifting thing of death. Suffice it to say I was luckier than you.
Good luck sorting it : (
Dave
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mr._floppy
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Re: Woe!!! its M.O.T. time
« Reply #3 on: Mar 16th, 2005, 6:33pm » |
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It seems that your bog standard grease monkey ( and I mean that in a nice way ) have very little idea that there are jacking points specific to every car and that just vaguely shoving it underneath is not good enough.
I was told by a mechanic that the 4 point lifters should only be used on fairly new cars because older ( and more rust weakened ) cars are in danger of collapse.
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Rod
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Re: Woe!!! its M.O.T. time
« Reply #4 on: Mar 16th, 2005, 9:54pm » |
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So, if you hadn't gone straight back to the MOT station, the garage would have taken good money for a duff exhaust.
So much for 'experts.'
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except the exhaust,(hole in top of first box middle section) 
couldn't see it from underneath. Rang round for cheapest quote (as you do ) and found one very acceptable. New exhaust fitted went back to MOT centre, passed 
wish I hadn't. They pulled it into a bay which has one of those hoists that has four lifting points abit like four jaks ( don't know the name of them please excuse my ignorance ) and to my HORROR 
, but now I am calm 
I can say rust wasn't the issue here or weaknd sills either, the placing of the jack pad was seemingly correct but as the car began to lift the arm that linked the rear jack point to the lift mechanism itself was the culprit as it went up faster than my car and it was the arm that did the nasty deed (ouch 
) If it had carried on the lifting I think it would have got my door and then popped out from under the car (it hurts just thinking about it), anyhow quotes are in and with the garage, waiting to here a reply now but not much change from £300 here I'm afraid. The garage are being quite good about it though it has to be said and the owner seems genuine, we'll have to wait and see 