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Andrew

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12th Aug 09 at 20:01

How on this earth did you manage that one

martyn_1.4

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12th Aug 09 at 20:04

lol how gutted would you be, but how did you manage it!?

Ian

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12th Aug 09 at 20:22

Why didn't you borrow some axle stands you shonk

Twiggy

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12th Aug 09 at 20:48

I did... Thats what caused the hole - thats what it landed on

Rick Draper

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12th Aug 09 at 20:54

quote:
Originally posted by Kurt
I dropped my corsa off the trolley jack, was jacking it up on the beam and it slipped, jack went straight into the wheel well

hammered out nicely though

Did that on my old corsa shell! lol

Twiggy

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12th Aug 09 at 20:58

Need to make a make shift petrol tank to get me to the garage so that it can be fixed....and was think of a gerry can in the passenger footwell with a pipe that will connect to the engine via the window??

Nath

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12th Aug 09 at 21:09

LeeM

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12th Aug 09 at 21:10

quote:
Originally posted by Twiggy
Need to make a make shift petrol tank to get me to the garage so that it can be fixed....and was think of a gerry can in the passenger footwell with a pipe that will connect to the engine via the window??

as dodgy as it is i reckon it'd do the job

i knocked my saxo off a scissor jack when i was changing a wheel at the roadside and it pulled all the bodywork to bits

DaveyLC

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12th Aug 09 at 21:12

...THE ...FUCK ...HOW?

Andrew

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12th Aug 09 at 21:17

I had mine sitting on a trolly jack this weekend with me under it. Was a little worrying

I gave up in the end, booked it into a garage and got the keys for my sisters Punto

Ian

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12th Aug 09 at 21:24

quote:
Originally posted by Twiggy
Need to make a make shift petrol tank to get me to the garage so that it can be fixed....and was think of a gerry can in the passenger footwell with a pipe that will connect to the engine via the window??

And pump it how? You need it recovering unless you fancy fitting a tank yourself on the roadside.

Twiggy

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12th Aug 09 at 21:28

quote:
Originally posted by Ian

quote:
Originally posted by Twiggy
Need to make a make shift petrol tank to get me to the garage so that it can be fixed....and was think of a gerry can in the passenger footwell with a pipe that will connect to the engine via the window??
And pump it how? You need it recovering unless you fancy fitting a tank yourself on the roadside.

I was gonna do a richard hammond when he had to keep putting water in the old alfa i think it was?

(I have a tow truck coming Friday to cart it away)

Ian

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12th Aug 09 at 21:30

Driving a car on the highway works a little differently to making comedy television. You need to get it somewhere with a ramp.

Twiggy

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12th Aug 09 at 21:33

Dont worry, its going to a garage to get it sorted....

Well away from me

j10E W

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12th Aug 09 at 22:33

i had my old astra fall off a trolley jack once had two wheels off for refurbishment, the cheap jack i had used had gone down on its own

was gutted at the time lol

mega school boy error

lostboy

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12th Aug 09 at 22:53

quote:
Originally posted by Twiggy
Need to make a make shift petrol tank to get me to the garage so that it can be fixed....and was think of a gerry can in the passenger footwell with a pipe that will connect to the engine via the window??

Nah just weld a new plate over the holes on the tank.

willay

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13th Aug 09 at 06:34

always use a quality jack and always use stands if leaving up for an extended amount of time. Or if no jacks are about, Corsa C alloys work.

Adam-D

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13th Aug 09 at 07:34

had a couple of cars fall off, one was on a hill. wasn't arsed. - old mk3 astra.

one was a calibra. that nearly cost me my leg as it fell,

possibly others cant remember

DaveyLC

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13th Aug 09 at 07:51

quote:
Originally posted by Twiggy
Need to make a make shift petrol tank to get me to the garage so that it can be fixed....and was think of a gerry can in the passenger footwell with a pipe that will connect to the engine via the window??

All you need now is a Jerry can with a 3bar pump built into it

Twiggy

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13th Aug 09 at 09:11

quote:
Originally posted by willay
always use a quality jack and always use stands if leaving up for an extended amount of time. Or if no jacks are about, Corsa C alloys work.

How the hell did you get it that high????

johnhara1

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13th Aug 09 at 09:17

Could you not just drop the tank yourself? If it's anything like a Corsa underneath, it's only 2 straps and it drops straight out.

willay

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13th Aug 09 at 09:18

using a proper jack and the rear beam?

Twiggy

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13th Aug 09 at 09:24

quote:
Originally posted by johnhara1
Could you not just drop the tank yourself? If it's anything like a Corsa underneath, it's only 2 straps and it drops straight out.

No thanks, Rather pay a garage after this hassle...

Will still do breaks and oil changes but nothing like a tank....

[Edited on 13-08-2009 by Twiggy]

Twiggy

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13th Aug 09 at 09:26

quote:
Originally posted by willay
using a proper jack and the rear beam?

I have propper jack (Blue one in the pics) just wont go that high?

willay

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13th Aug 09 at 09:29

check this

My jack is the big red one, takes two people to lift it and move it unless you're feeling manly

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