Date:         Fri, 8 Sep 2006 22:08:03 +0200
Reply-To:     Jens Jakob Andersen <jayjay@ZORCK.DK>
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From:         Jens Jakob Andersen <jayjay@ZORCK.DK>
Subject:      Re: Dont do this at home ( I didnt)
Comments: To: John Rodgers <inua@charter.net>
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Yes, that is another nono - concrete blocks can shatter any moment.

/JJ
At 16:03 08-09-2006, John Rodgers wrote:
>I would NEVER EVER put a van or other vehicle up on blocks like
>that. Wooden blocks, yes; concrete blocks never!! Concrete blocks -
>or even stone for that matter - are extremely brittle and therefore
>subject to sudden failure, allowing a load to shift suddenly. Bad
>news.  And never work under a vehicle on a car jack either.
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>Regards,
>
>John Rodgers
>88 GL Driver
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>Jens Jakob Andersen wrote:
>>Dont do this at home (I didnt do it at home, it did it at family-in-law).
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>>Took the engine down on 2 wooden pallets.
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>>Realized that I had a problem,had to rise van high.
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>>So in with some slabs of concrete, build some plateaus for the jacks,
>>and use 2 standard VW jacks to rise the van high.
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>>IT went well, pulled the engine+gearbox out.
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>>Then when I lowered the van, I lowered it too much in one side (5-10
>>cm or so), and went to the other side.
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>>When I startede lowering there, it creaked and cracked, fell down in
>>one side - we used the tractor to lower the car fully.
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>>The spindle in the jack that had held the weight had just snapped....
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>>Dont do this at home....
>>http://www.zorck.dk/Caravelle/vwdont.jpg
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