Recommendations for a floor jack

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Mar 14, 2008 | 09:23 AM

#41

LazyProfessor

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Originally Posted by elmmx5,Mar 14 2008, 09:20 AM

Yeah... moving your car back and forth 25 times to get it lined up over pneumatic lifters sure sounds fun.

Mar 14, 2008 | 10:08 AM

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CTMechE

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[QUOTE=elmmx5,Mar 14 2008, 12:20 PM] Yeah... moving your car back and forth 25 times to get it lined up over pneumatic lifters sure sounds fun.

Mar 14, 2008 | 10:55 AM

#43

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Originally Posted by CTMechE,Mar 14 2008, 02:08 PM

No no no... not fastened to the floor, just place them underneath the car wherever it's parked! I'm envisioning 4 bottle-jack sized lifters mounted to the ends of two steel bars pinned at the center in an X shape so you can just throw it on the floor under the car, expand the X out (it'd snap in place at the proper spacing) line up the lift points and hit the button. Voila, all 4 wheels off the ground.

If they were fastened to the floor, you might as well get a regular lift!

and what would lead you to the assumption he's a mechanical engineer?

oh i dunno just a hunch

Mar 14, 2008 | 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by boltonblue,Mar 14 2008, 02:55 PM

and what would lead you to the assumption he's a mechanical engineer?

oh i dunno just a hunch

I thought his screen name kinda gave that away.

Mar 14, 2008 | 11:26 AM

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CTMechE

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Not just a mechanical engineer... but a BORED one.

I'd actually consider building something like that if I had a garage... or a welder... or welding skills.