omega0684
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| posted on 21/5/06 at 11:12 PM |
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disasterous and successful day in one!
evening all
its a bit late, (midnight), but i've only just got back in from the garage. As the title of my post says,today had its good points and its bad
points, i bet you are thinking what could have gone round today? could it be that the wiring is being a pain, engine trouble or even suspenion
problems! but to calm yourselves it was none of these, IT WAS WORSE!
the story, went into the garage to day and thought, nice easy day, plan the fuel line route and drill the holes for the rivets, straight forward
enough, you might think. dad came in to give me a hand moving the chassis to get it into a better position on the tressles, WHEN THEY BOTH COLAPSED,
SNAPPING A LEG ON EACH PAIR 
you can imagine it, dad at the heavy end, me at the front, holding up the car, shouting at each other LOWER IT LOWER IT....IT F***IN HEAVY! the
bugger even got the wash bin
the good bit! now having my plans ruined for the day and having a chassis dropped onto the fllor i decided to take the whole thing apart and rebuild
from scratch to make sure that nothing was damaged! thank god nothing was broken and i think i did pretty well, as i managed to get the car to a
rolling chassis stage took a couple of pics as i was very proud of a days work after a painful morning!
tomorrow back to the fuel pipes
ATB Alex
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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RazMan
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| posted on 22/5/06 at 04:21 AM |
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They must have been heavy fuel pipes!
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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phillippe
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| posted on 22/5/06 at 06:52 AM |
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u were lucky...UN,,lucky,saftey first and is the bucket 4 sale now??????
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iank
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| posted on 22/5/06 at 08:49 AM |
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Glad it didn't just drop on you or your dad while you were under it.
Personally I'd have a long cathartic shout at the customer service dept at the stand manufacturer (and diy shed if you got them at one).
I took a look at those ones and decided that whatever the label said about their load carrying capacity plastic wasn't a material I'd
trust for carrying that kind of weight.
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spunky
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| posted on 22/5/06 at 10:25 AM |
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Thats bad.
Were you within SWL of the tressles?
If so there needs to be serious repercussions on this, if you on your own under the chassis and they collapsed.....
Lucky escape and lesson learnt.
John
The reckless man may not live as long......
But the cautious man does not live at all.....
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DarrenW
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| posted on 22/5/06 at 10:42 AM |
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SWL doesnt apply when you move the load on top of them. 9/10 times you will get away with moving them around but............
Sounds like you were lucky. When i lowered my car or moved it i supported one end with block and tackle first to be safe.
I used the heavier duty plastic trestles when i built mine and they were fine (approx £20 each from B&Q at the time).
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