Safe way to lay under the car....

wonderd · Post by **wonderd** » 10 Jan 2005, 13:30

I think the picture speaks for itself...
it wouldn't work with the hidraulics though...

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pete_wood_uk · Post by **pete_wood_uk** » 10 Jan 2005, 17:05

Is that the fuel tank he's welding?

alan s · Post by **alan s** » 10 Jan 2005, 17:15

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by pete_wood_uk

Is that the fuel tank he's welding?
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Possibly; at least he'd go out quicker than the obvious other way, when it dropped on him.
It reminds me of a cartoon; "now watch closely, I'm only going to do this once."[:D][}:)][;)][:o)][:o)]
Alan S [xx(]

paranoid · Post by **paranoid** » 10 Jan 2005, 17:19

Whats the problem[:(!]
He's got a brick NEAR the back wheel so it don't move.

ACTIVE8 · Post by **ACTIVE8** » 10 Jan 2005, 17:46

Yes, this picture does make you wonder, if he finished doing the work, and survived.
It was also previously posted here on this link:-
http://www.andyspares.com/discussionfor ... C_ID=11029
It's good to see it again ! [:D]

AndersDK · Post by **AndersDK** » 10 Jan 2005, 20:11

Sure looks an easy way accessing LHM drip problems.
I'm still wondering how he got it that high before he placed the support sticks.
BTW : noticed the ever lastng rear lights ?

beezer · Post by **beezer** » 10 Jan 2005, 21:12

This was a common way of working on the underside of a vehicle in Orkney though it would have been completely on its side resting on tattie sacks. Usually it was crowbarred up so far and then a couple of burly farmers would lift it the rest of the way. There is something on the other side of the truck in the picture like it's resting on some metal contraption.

NiSk · Post by **NiSk** » 10 Jan 2005, 21:48

No, that's just the load that "fell of the back of a lorry"!
//NiSk

ACTIVE8 · Post by **ACTIVE8** » 10 Jan 2005, 23:09

What's to stop the base of either prop from moving ?
Yes, that's right nothing !
One tap, and they have gone over, dodgy ! [:(]

NiSk · Post by **NiSk** » 11 Jan 2005, 01:40

OR - they can't move, there's nothing to stop them (as my mother always says)!
//NiSk

dan.2cv · Post by **dan.2cv** » 11 Jan 2005, 02:18

Once I (well a few of us) turned a Fiat 127 on its side in my mates front garden on the grass to change the gearshift rod. With the vehicle on the ground I couldnt get enough swing on the hammer to bang the balljoint into its socket. When we turned the car upright again it started without too much trouble which is amazing really seeing as all sorts of stuff could have dribbled out with it on its side. The things you do when you're a naive 17 year old! Not a care in the world and a 'do it now deal with the consequences later' attitude. God, when I look back now it was bloody stupid and amazing it actually worked!! I had forgotten all about it until I saw this picture!

nick · Post by **nick** » 11 Jan 2005, 04:13

I once bought some BX parts from a man who was using this technique to get at the underside of the car while he dismantled it. The engine and box had already been removed, but the shell was still pretty heavy even so. He'd decided to drain the fuel tank, so propped the car up on its side, then stabbed a couple of holes in the tank with a screwdriver, and sat smoking a roll-up as he watched the fuel drain into a collection of washing up bowls. I paid him for the parts then left the scene asap !