View Single Post
  #4 (permalink)  
Old 08-20-2003, 08:25 AM
Mr.Fixit's Avatar
Mr.Fixit Mr.Fixit is offline
CC Member
Visit my Photo Gallery

 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: so cal, Cal
Cobra Make, Engine: I used to fix them for a living
Posts: 2,563
Not Ranked     
Default

When you put a car on a lift, the hydraulics lift the car, then you slowly lower it to the mechanical stops before going under it. Don't rely on hydraulic pressure with a jack or a lift to keep several tons of steel in the air above your head.
__________________
In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
Reply With Quote