FYI for those of you who DON'T know Terry... he's a big guy!! Don't try
to lift your own roadster unless you are built like a brick ****house. :)
Thanks again Terry and Andy Cost for coming out to Colorado to steal our
gas! Looking forward to the next time...
Eric
WyCROC
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry and Donna Cost <tcost@vvm.com>
To: Datsun Roadsters <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 9:28 AM
Subject: engine hoist
> Usually when I'm working on the datsun and need to hoist it I grab the
> bumper and lift the car enough to get jack stands under it, in case I need
> to use both hands on a wrench or something. After all, they're just
little
> old sports cars, not big and heavy like my truck. Make sure you lift at
the
> bumper guard and not in the middle of the bumper, so you won't bend it.
> Then you can put an engine hoist on it for when lifting by hand is at an
> awkward angle. Don't want to strain your back lifting wrong.
>
> I actually did do that with a bugeye Sprite once. I had an empty shell
that
> I lifted onto jackstands, then added parts by hand until I filled it up.
> The block was only a hundred pounds or so, and I put on the head, etc., in
> the car. When I got it all assembled, I tried to lift it off the
jackstands
> and couldn't! My floor jack wouldn't reach the frame because I had set
the
> stands on their highest settings. I finally had to use both hands to lift
> and just kicked the stands out of the way. (actually, I borrowed a bigger
> floor jack, but this makes a better story)
>
> I found a neat bit of technology for my lowered roadster. Since I can't
get
> a jack under the frame rail, I have bought large "lego" stacking blocks
from
> the camping section of Wal-Mart. They are made to level parked motor
homes,
> and come 10 to a package. I make a small ramp out of five blocks and put
> two ramps where I need them, then drive up the ramps to get the required
> ground clearance. The "lego" package is 9" square and 11" deep. You can
> use them on tandem axle trailers in place of a jack, which was my first
use
> for them, but I have since found other uses.
>
> The dates for the TDROC events are as follows: Schumann mini-meet on
> September 8th (Saturday) in New Braunfels, and on November 10th and 11th
> (Saturday and Sunday) the tenth-anniversary meet at Kerrville. We had
over
> thirty cars at Kerrville when our club was new, and we would like to have
> that many or more for the tenth anniversary, so plan to come. Do the
> Saturday events if you don't want to stay the whole time, and if it's
> impossible to bring a roadster, bring something else to drive. On the
very
> first event I drove an Escort station wagon. I will hide an old Datsun in
a
> storage unit and pretend it's a rare "lightweight" that's just been
> discovered in someone's estate, and we can auction it off for millions (or
> tens) of dollars.
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