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jackstands
It's a darn heavy car kids, just reading that first thread gave me the creeps.
In 1989 I was working on the landing gear of a 310B (think Sky King). Now, once you jack it up, the (very tall) jack stands have a cone shaped indentation in the top of the shaft, and the underside of the AC has cone shaped metal 'tits' at the jack points, So thinking I had the cones in the indentations I was cycling the gear up and down when one wing jack point decided to fall the last 1/2 down into its cone shaped recepticle on the jack stand. To this day, I don't think I could move that fast again, the noise no doubt covered the sound of me soiling my pants. I actually injured my back trying to move out from under it so fast. Chock it, brace it, do whatever you have to do to stablize it, then minimize your time under it. I keep a small set of steel chocks in my trunk, tucked against the spare just for that reason. Better safe than sorry. ITS FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!
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dah planes dah planes...
blackbolt94red..you another pilot here or an A/P mechanic.
I've always wanted to actually work planes. I love to fly them, but sometimes feel the need to spend some time under the coweling to.....bond. Jeff
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Re: Reply on ramps
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Re: jackstands
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HAHAHAHA!! "I remember bein' buck-toothed and skinny, writin' fan letters to Sky King's Penny . . . " Bruce, you probably lost that reference to all but us "old pharts," but, I sure enjoyed the "flashback." (Darn! Years as a deejay in the 70's makes everything a song reference. ) "Almost broke my car. Happened just the other day . . ." (With apologies to CSN&Y)
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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yes i know i shouldve used jack stands
well the idea that i had while switching the wheels was to take off one, put the spare on, then lower that side, then take the other side off, put in the other wheel that had been taken off, and then go again to the otherside and take the spare off and replace with that wheel. i wasnt under the car at all. my biggest fear was the car crashing into the ground with the brakes and rotors and all that jazz. thanks for the concern though, but i emerged unscaved.
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Out of the blue of the western sky comes..........SKY KING
For those really old fans, I think his first plane was a T-50 Cessna Bobcat but I could be wrong, twin radials, tail dragger. I can't for the life of me remember Pennys plane, but was it a single or did she inherite the Bobcat? The Cessna 310b was so cool looking, those big tuna tanks out there on the wing tips, those two big flat six (what a coinsidence) powerplants sounded so cool....still do. Early ones had huge twin 'thrust augmenter' exhausts out the top of the wing at the end of the nacelle...very cool.
I can't remember his name right now, shame on me, but he died in the late '80's as I recall on his way to a Shuttle launch, a stupid fender bender. jscorse; I did the A/P thing for a while in the late 80's/early 90's but as the saying goes, the way to make a little fortune in aviation is to start with a big one. I can't remember how many big airlines folded up, so many mechanics out there looking for work. It was ugly. I ended up here in South Dakota, not the edge of the world but I can see it from here.........learned the sign making biz, neon, marriage, step daughters, the last being the greatest challange. Randy "Almost cut my hair....But I didn't...and I wonder why.....I feel like letting my freak flag fly....yes, I feel...like I owe it......to someone"
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Bruce,
Would you believe . . . Kirby Grant? Good call on the Bobcat. ENJOY! http://www.angelfire.com/mi/freeper/
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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Re: Re: Reply on ramps
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Seriously, what is this "little Stevie Wonder" method?
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Re: Re: Re: Reply on ramps
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To get the filter, I've simply become accustomed to knowing where it is. I have a filter wrench that fits onto the bottom of the filter and accepts a socket wrench. Snap it on, give a few short "torques" with the wrench (obviosly, there's not much "throw" space), pull the wrench, unscrew the filter (trying to take care not to let it completely drain into the "undercover" -- it's gonna get messy any way you look at it) and slowly lower it trying not to spill any more than you have to. I have to use my left hand to do all the filter work, cuz it's a little tight under there. I fit the filter by "feel" (Stevie Wonder is blind, by the way, Mattski ). I feel for the threaded receiver, then, by feel, align the filter with the receiver and spin it on. Easy. Then, I put the drain plug back in (these days, more securely than prior to the Canaan Valley meet ). Pour in your six quarts of new oil (or, 6.5 if you're anal) and voila!! No biggie. Your arm gets a little scrubbed from having to reach between components and the undercover, but, it's worth it to me not to have to take out all the screws in the undercover and risk stripping them.
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Randy, thanks for the tutorial. This will be a rude change from my Legacy where the filter is just beyond the bumper. Then again it might be better than my Nissan Stanza with a transverse engine where it was up against the fire wall.
How did I miss the Stevie Wonder analogy?
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Good luck!
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Thanks for the instructions Randy. I'll have to try your method. I'm sure my cat will be fascinated by the procedure and may assist. I'll have to remember to close my eyes in order to "feel" better. B.
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Sorry I'm late to this thread, but...
My brother-in-law's brother was changing the oil on a Pontiac (Sunbird I think) in his driveway with the car on the factory "flat-tire" jack when the jack slipped out.
He's been in a coma now for 4 years. Should he ever awake, he will be a quadraplegic. Wife (and him) went broke after insurance topped out. Now she's divorcing him just to move along in her own life. Please never put your body under a car with just a jack holding it up. P.S. On original post I forgot to put in the fire/rescue guys said he was lucky all the wheels were on or it would have killed him when it fell (implying he was lucky to be alive, vice breaking almost all important body parts). Last edited by lee; 08-02-2002 at 06:50 PM. |
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Re: Re: ..and let me add...GOOD jack stands
Yup those Rhino ramps come in very handy for oil changes, and since the drain plug is at the rear of the pan, the tilt actually helps it to drain.
As for the chocks that came with the SVX, I think I've used them once. They're probably rusted together now. I usually just set the parking brakes. KuoH Quote:
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