Guess this is what you ment on my FB last week.Originally Posted by opethmike
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Location: Bunker Hill, West Virginia
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My VIN: 11035
Guess this is what you ment on my FB last week.
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Vin 11035 wide stripe, flat hood, 5 speed, Spec 1 exhaust, custom grey/black interior, custom lighting, custom stereo and custom alot of stuff!
Location: Rochester, NY
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My VIN: 01049
Indeed!
-Mike
My engine twists my frame.
1981 DeLorean, Carb LS4 swap completed
1999 Corvette, cam/headers/intake manifold, 400 rwhp
2005 Elise, stock
2016 Chevy Cruze
Location: Bunker Hill, West Virginia
Posts: 724
My VIN: 11035
Well have fun.
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Vin 11035 wide stripe, flat hood, 5 speed, Spec 1 exhaust, custom grey/black interior, custom lighting, custom stereo and custom alot of stuff!
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 2,405
My VIN: 01049
Zoom zoom
-Mike
My engine twists my frame.
1981 DeLorean, Carb LS4 swap completed
1999 Corvette, cam/headers/intake manifold, 400 rwhp
2005 Elise, stock
2016 Chevy Cruze
Location: Lebanon, Tennessee
Posts: 389
My VIN: 3294
What did I do to my Delorean today? Totally mangled the transmission coolant pipes while trying to change them out. Made an appointment with DMC Midwest for the 4th & 5th of April to have them sort my mess out.
On another interesting note.... I spent most of Wednesday night under the car wrestling with the transmission coolant line fittings, tugging pulling, banging, etc. After they wouldn't budge, I gave up and called it a night. Went out to the garage on Thursday afternoon to get some hand tools for another project and found that sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon, the Delorean fell off the jack stands and rolled forward about 1 foot inside the garage. Didn't hurt the car, but scared the crap out of me. Could have easily happened while I was under it on Wednesday night.
Barry Floyd
Lebanon, Tennessee
VIN 3294 - Aug. 81
Location: North Florida
Posts: 183
My VIN: 6298
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Glad you, the car, and house are okay. What style of jack stands do you use? Did you have some kind of block between the stands and the car that failed? I am curious about your setup and if you come up with any ideas to make it safer for the future.
Bill
VIN 6298 - '81 Gray Auto
Posts: 1,243
My VIN: 10201
Make your life easier and buy some ramps. I never liked using jacks, especially on the delorean. I just dont trust little prong on a piece of wood.
If i do end up jacking the car up, I usually need the wheels off, so I put them under the actual lifting points on the body as backup. It was something mentioned on a tutorial when I changed rotors on my accord.
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My VIN: Banged your VIN'S mom
I don't ever use stands or ramps. It's a lift with safety catches or not worth doing.
Location: Lebanon, Tennessee
Posts: 389
My VIN: 3294
No... it was totally my stupid mistake. I had the rear of the car up in the air on stands, but did not chock the front wheels.
I've cut some pieces of 3/4 inch red oak and glued a rubber pad on each side. The rubber pad is actually a hay bailer belt I found at our local Tractor Supply that I cut up to fit the boards. I glued the pads on the boards with E-6000 glue. Anyway I've got 5 of the oak / rubber blocks made to use with the car. One of the lifting plate of my floor jack, and the other four for the tops of my jack stands. Looking at the aftermath, the two stands were lying on their sides, so it looks like the car just rolled forward and tipped the stands over.
When I was rebuilding the car from November of 2014 through August of 2015, I had it up on 4 stands, but also had ramps under each wheel. I think I'll stick to ramps from now on.
Barry Floyd
Lebanon, Tennessee
VIN 3294 - Aug. 81
Posts: 1,243
My VIN: 10201
Sanded the driver C-pillar with 150,220,320,400,600,800 then it started raining, but the sandpaper is waterproof, so I kept going with 1000 and finished with 1500. Will put polish on it tomorrow.
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